gurugramUpdated: Nov 16, 2020, 23:05 ISTThe state health department is now preparing to conduct 6,000 daily tests in Gurugram by the end of the month, said officials privy to the matter. At present, the district is conducting 4,000 daily tests, which, officials and experts both agree, is an insufficient number. “At the current stage, given Gurugram’s increasing positivity rate, we definitely need to conduct more tests. We are preparing to conduct 6,000 daily tests in the district soon, starting with an additional 1,000 or so tests this week,” said Rajeev Arora, additional chief secretary (health), Haryana government. The following week saw a slight increase in the number of tests, with the health department testing 23,035 samples for Covid-19 between November 8 and November 14.

Source: Hindustan Times November 16, 2020 17:36 UTC