The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday refuted the allegation of testing less people to detect the transmission of novel coronavirus in the country.
As per the latest data available the ICMR said that a total of 3.02 lakh samples from 2.86 lakh individuals have been tested so far and 13,387 tested positive for coronavirus.
This translates into over four per cent of the individuals who were tested were positive for COVID-19. Compared to other countries that are battling Covid-19 crisis, in India around 24 tests are conducted for one positive Covid-19 case, Dr Raman R Gangakhedkar, chief scientist of the ICMR said.