New Delhi: A total of 5,00,542 samples have been tested in India by 9 am today for detecting coronavirus, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), India's leading medical research lab.
The tests have been done from 4,85,172 individuals. So far in India, about 21,400 have tested positive for coronavirus, according to latest figures from Ministry of Health, while 681 people have died so far.
Maharashtra continues to remain the worst affected state. The other states that have seen most number of cases include Gujarat, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has allowed Maharashtra to administer plasma therapy to COVID-19 patients in Mumbai on an experimental basis, said state