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Total tests for Covid-19 infection cross 20-mn mark in India: ICMR

A cumulative total of 2,02,02,858 samples have been tested up to August 2 with 3,81,027 samples being tested on Sunday

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A healthcare worker wearing PPE kit interacts with children at CWG COVID Care Centre, in New Delhi on Saturday

Press Trust of India New Delhi
The total number of tests for detection of Covid-19 has crossed the  mark in India, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) data.

A cumulative total of 2,02,02,858 samples have been tested up to August 2 with 3,81,027 samples being tested on Sunday, the ICMR said.

The total number of tests for detection of Covid-19 had crossed the one-crore mark in India on July 6.

There are now 1,348 testing labs in the country comprising 914 in the public sector and 434 private labs.

Having started with one single laboratory at the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in