Indian Council of Medical Research, ICMR, has continuously been working to ramp up testing across the country. With a growing network of over 1234 ICMR certified COVID-19 testing labs, the daily testing capacity has already surpassed three-lakh mark.According to World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines, a minimum of 14 tests per lakh population is a must.
India has been conducting around 17 tests per lakh population per day. Number of tests goes up significantly in the areas where more than 10% of the total samples are found to be positive.