ICMR said that by the end of May
it would achieve the testing capacity of 100,000 per day.
The number of
total coronavirus
(Covid-19) positive cases in India has risen to 17,615 according to the latest
data released by the Indian Centre for Medical Research (ICMR).
The release said
"Today, on 19 April 2020, till 9 pm, 27,824 samples have been reported. Of
these, 1,135 were positive for SARS-CoV-2.
According to ICMR a "total of 4,01,586 samples from 3,83,985 individuals have been tested as on 19 April 2020, till 9 PM. 17,615 individuals have been confirmed positive among suspected cases and contacts of known."
The ICMR
will conduct a study to identify the effectiveness of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin
(BCG) vaccine against Covid-19, as per the Union Health Ministry officials. It
may be noted that it is administered against tuberculosis immediately after the
birth of an infant.
ICMR also said
that soon it will reach the testing capacity of 100,000. "The daily
Covid-19 testing capacity at various laboratories in the country is being
increased and is expected to reach to 1 lakh test per day by May 31," it
said.
Accordingly, a
total of 16 regional depots are being set up and are modelled into
self-contained units by strengthening manpower, resources and infrastructure.
Besides these, depots at the National Institute of Malaria Research here and
the National Institute of Virology in Pune would also function as central
depots.
Union Health
Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday asserted that doubling rate of Covid-19 cases
has increased from three days before imposition of lockdown in March to 9.7
days now.
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