24 Hour-Testing Numbers Nearly Double

ICMR data shows that compared to the last 3 days, India ramped up testing for COVID-19 on Monday as 2,324 people were tested in 10 hrs; whereas private labs await approved test kits to begin testing for the virus

- Abhinay Lakshman

NEW DELHI: As the number of positive COVID-19 cases in the country rose to 471 as of 8 pm on Monday and as India prepares itself for conducting a higher number of tests every day to arrest the spread of the pandemic, data provided by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) shows that testing figures had almost doubled on Monday, during when ICMR had tested 2,324 individuals, of which 56 came back positive for COVID-19. Comparatively, India had been testing much fewer individuals in the last three days.