COVID-19 testing which give faster results in just 10 minutes. Other approved are Mylab Discovery’s Coviself that gives results in 15 minutes, Abbott Rapid’s Panbio COVID-19 Antigen rapid test device, Meril Diagnostics’ CoviFind, Angstrom Biotech’s Angtech, Healgen Scientific Limited’s CliniTest, SD Biosensor Healthcare’s ULTRA Covi-Catch SARS-CoV-2 home test, Nulife Care’s AbCheck.
Meanwhile, India registered 9,111 new coronavirus infections, and the count of active cases in the country has increased to 60,313, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on 17 April.
The tally of Covid cases in the country was recorded at 4.47 crore (44,827,226), it showed. The death toll increased to 5,31,141 with 27 deaths.
The daily positivity was recorded at 8.40 per cent and the weekly positivity rate was pegged at 4.94 per cent. Speaking of the recent surge, former AIIMS-Delhi Director Dr Randeep Guleria said that its not a panic situation considering hospital admissions haven't increased.