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Covid tests at 'saturation level', RT-PCR test results difficult on the same day: Satyendar Jain
NEW DELHI : Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday said the testing capacity for COVID-19 has reached the "saturation level" in the national capital and laboratories here are finding it difficult to release results of all RT-PCR tests within a day.As many as 61,778 tests, including 26,080 RT-PCR -- the highest till date for the city -- and 35,698 rapid antigen tests, were conducted on Tuesday for the detection of COVID-19."The testing has reached the saturation level… Many people now say they were tested just two to three days ago," Jain told reporters.The minister said the government had issued directions to increase the number of RT-PCR tests to 35,000, but the laboratories are now finding it difficult to release all test