With over 10 lakh tests a day, India crosses milestone of 13 crore COVID-19 tests

As many as 10,66,022 samples were tested for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours increasing India’s total cumulative tests to 13,06,57,808, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said on Saturday. Keeping in line with its commitment to conduct more than one million tests every day, India successfully conducted one crore tests for the […]

Guwahati Airport: New COVID-19 testing rules for flight passengers

The Assam government on Wednesday announced a fresh set of guidelines for air passengers travelling to the State. From next week onwards, flight passengers will have to undergo COVID-19 tests at the Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (LGBI Airport) in Guwahati, informed Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma via Twitter. Earlier, passengers had to go […]

India’s COVID-19 testing crosses 9 crore-mark

India has crossed the 9-crore mark of COVID-19 testing across the country on Wednesday after 11,45,015 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The Ministry said, “With 11,45,015 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, the cumulative tests now stand at 9,00,90,122.” The testing capacity […]

India’s COVID-19 testing crosses 3 crore mark: Health ministry

Focusing on aggressive testing, India has surpassed three crore COVID-19 tests with the aim to keep both positivity rate and fatality rate low, Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry said on Monday. “Focusing on timely and aggressive testing, India has exceeded 3 crore tests. Enhanced and timely testing is not only keeping the positivity rate […]

COVID-19: Assam conducts record 1.43 lakh tests; reports highest single-day spike of 4,593 cases

Achieving a milestone in the fight against COVID-19, the Assam health department on Wednesday conducted 1,43,109 tests in a single day, taking the total number of tests carried out so far to 15,73,800. The department had set a target of 1 lakh tests in one day. However, showing exemplary hard work, the health workers and […]

Assam eyes 1 lakh COVID-19 tests in single day

After comfortably achieving the target of conducting 50 thousand tests a day, the Assam health department is on a war footing to conduct 1 lakh COVID-19 tests in the state today. As part of the massive exercise, the health department in an attempt to arrest the surge in cases has set a target of conducting […]

Assam crosses 10-lakh mark in COVID-19 tests

In a major achievement, continuing its extensive testing campaign in the war against COVID-19, the Assam health department has conducted over 10-lakh tests on Tuesday, in a span of over 8 weeks time. Health and finance minCovid testister Himanta Biswa Sarma took to Twitter to share the achievement, “Assam achieves an incredible feat of a […]