The Union Health Ministry has advised the States and Union Territories to conduct more COVID-19 tests to track undetected and missed-out patients. “The recent breakthroughs on COVID-19 vaccines offer a ray of hope. KarnatakaCOVID-19 tests nearing one crore mark in StateKarnataka is all set to create another milestone in its pandemic control measures with COVID-19 tests nearing the one crore mark. With 1,21,612 new samples tested in the last 24 hours, the total number of tests touched 99,81,137 on Friday. From an average 80 tests a day in March, the State is now testing an average of over one lakh samples a day.

Source: The Hindu November 21, 2020 02:15 UTC