In the week from April 1 to 7, 273,033 samples have been tested for Covid-19 in Chhattisgarh.
On the instructions of Health Minister T.S. Singh Deo, maximum number of samples are being tested daily in the state.
Last week, 40,857 samples were tested on April 1, 37,075 on April 2, 40,875 April 3, 26,911 on April 4, 40,053 on April 5, 47,d 973 on April 6 and 42 thousand 289 samples have been tested for COVID-19 on April 7.
In Chhattisgarh, RT-PCR tests of the samples are being conducted in the virology labs of AIIMS Raipur and six other government medical colleges in Bilaspur, Jagdalpur, Raigarh, Rajnandgaon, Ambikapur and Raipur. More virology labs are being established in Mahasamund, Korba, Kanker and Korea to increase the number of RT-PCR tests being done in the state every day.
These four new labs will soon become operational, expanding the facilities for RT-PCR tests. COVID-19 screening tests are also being done in 31 True-Nat labs set up in various districts.
COVID-19 test facility with Rapid antigen kit is available in all the district hospitals, community health centres, urban primary health centres and almost all the primary health centres of the state.