Mon 27 July 2020:
Opening happens as deaths fall in Delhi, but overall India’s coronavirus case tally crosses 1.4M mark
India on Monday will launch high-capacity coronavirus testing facilities in three major cities able to test over 10,000 samples a day.
The opening event with Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be organized via video link at the Indian Centre of Medical Research (ICMR).
The testing facilities have been “set up strategically” at ICMR facilities in Noida, Mumbai, and Kolkata,” said a government statement.
Here is all you need to know about the high-throughput Covid-19 testing facilities:
1) These three high-throughput testing facilities have been set up strategically at ICMR-National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research, Noida, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, Mumbai and ICMR-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata.
2) The Covid-19 testing facilities in these 3 cities will be able to test over 10,000 samples in a day.
3) These labs will also reduce turn-around-time and exposure of lab personnel to infectious clinical materials.
4) The labs are enabled to test diseases other than COVID as well, and post the pandemic, will be able to test for Hepatitis B and C, HIV, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Cytomegalovirus, Chlamydia, Neisseria, Dengue, etc.
Meanwhile, the capital Delhi has seen a 44% fall in the number of COVID-19 deaths in early July compared to early June, said new data.
According to figures, 1,089 deaths were seen on June 1-12, while 605 fatalities were recorded during the same period in July.
But India over the last 24 hours also crossed 1.4 million COVID-19 cases with a record spike of 49,931 new patients, said the Health Ministry on Monday.
The tally in India now stands at 1,435,453 coronavirus cases so far, including 32,771 deaths.
Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Delhi remain the worst-affected states in the country, but cases are rising rapidly in some other states also.
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