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UP becomes first state to conduct 3cr Covid-19 tests
Meanwhile, 81 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours. With this, the covid-19 tally for state reached 6,02,490. Of the total, 5,91,194 or 98.12% have recovered.
LUCKNOW: Even as new cases continue to decline in UP, the number of Covid-19 tests has been maintained like before. As a result of the same, Uttar Pradesh became the first state to conduct three crore COVIS-19 tests on Thursday.
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Data from the state health department showed that with 1,30,384 tests in the past hours, the total number of Covid-19 tests done in the state reached 3,00,37,025. The achievement is surely remarkable considering that at the onset of the pandemic, the state had just one lab to run COVID-19 confirmation tests.
According to information from the Indian Council of Medical Research which is tracking progress of COVID-19 tests, the total number of Covid-19 tests conducted in the country so far is 20,87,03,791. This means that UP accounts for over 14% of total tests done in the country.
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Meanwhile, 81 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours. With this, the covid-19 tally for state reached 6,02,490. Of the total, 5,91,194 or 98.12% have recovered.
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