Achieving another milestone in the anti-coronavirus fight, Odisha tested over 50,514 swab samples till May 6, said National Health Mission (NHM) State Director Shalini Pandit on Thursday.
She told reporters that the State currently has a Covid-19 testing capacity of over 3,000 per day. The Government is planning to set up 11 more laboratories at various places across the State to boost up the testing.
The tests per million population in the State stood at 1,155 against the national average of 983 as on May 7, she informed.
Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) Director Dr Sanghamitra Pati said, “Testing is the major factor in the fight against Covid-19. We in Odisha are doing well in this direction.”