Hyderabad: The Telangana government’s low sample test numbers for covid-19 has given doctors reason to believe that the actual figures for positive cases could be much higher.
The state government had earlier drawn flak from various quarters for not making public the number of tests regularly. On Sunday, the state government data showed, till 14 May, a total of 22,842 sample tests had been conducted of which 1,388 were positive, while the total cases as of 17 May were 1,551.
In comparison, Andhra Pradesh had conducted 2.01 lakh tests till 14 May, while tests in other states like Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra were 2.79 lakh and 2.30 lakh respectively.