A total of 2, 19,103 samples have been tested in the country for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, announced the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Monday.

Over 11 million samples tested for Covid-19 so far, says ICMR

Over 2.6 lakh samples are being tested for COVID-19 per day, said Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday. Addressing a press conference on COVID-19 situation in the country, ICMR Senior scientist Nivedita Gupta said, "The number of tests has increased, on an average, we are testing more than 2.

Over 2.6 lakh COVID-19 samples being tested per day: ICMR

Amid rising COVID-19 cases in India, the health ministry said today that many states have reported lower coronavirus rate than the national average of 6.73 per cent.

Many states have lower coronavirus rate than national average of 6.73%, says government

Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa said that due to the increasing coronavirus cases some areas in Bengaluru have been sealed. Also Read: India records highest daily COVID-19 spike of 16,922 cases; Delhi crosses 70,000 mark "We have called ministers and officials meeting where further handling of the situation will be discussed," the Karnataka CM said, adding, "in Bengaluru have arranged all facilities to treat coronavirus patients.

Some areas in Bengaluru sealed due to virus: Karnataka CM Yediyurappa

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has rejected the study which said the country will hit the COVID-19 peak in mid-November calling it "misleading". ICMR took to Twitter to distance itself from the study and clarified that it is not the official position of the government body.

ICMR rejects claim that India will hit COVID-19 peak in mid-November

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Wednesday said that total 1,37,158 samples of coronavirus were tested in the last 24 hours. With this, the figure for the total number of tests reached 41,03,233 in the country.

Over 41 lakh samples tested till date, says ICMR

India has recorded 8171 new coronavirus cases in the last 24-hours, taking India's overall tally to more than 198,700. Watch report.

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India's health ministry said that 73 per cent of coronavirus deaths in India were from people with co-morbidities. Watch Video: "10 per cent of India's population accounts for 50 per cent of India's coronavirus-linked deaths," health ministry official Lav Agrawal said.

COVID-19: India's fatality rate at 2.82%, ICMR conducting 1.2 lakh tests daily

The apex health research body,?ICMR, has advised states to conduct sero-survey to assess the proportion of population including asymptomatic individuals exposed to coronavirus infection.

ICMR asks states to do sero-survey in high-risk populations to assess exposure to COVID-19

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in collaboration with other key stakeholders is conducting a population-based sero survey to estimate the prevalence of coronavirus infection among the Indian population, according to a statement by the medical body.

ICMR to conduct survey to estimate prevalence of COVID-19 infection among Indian population

India registered another 122 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the total fatalities due to the novel coronavirus to 2,415, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said on Wednesday.

122 coronavirus deaths in India in 24 hours; over 74,200 total cases so far

National Institute of Virology, Pune has successfully developed the 1st indigenous anti-SARS-CoV-2 human IgG ELISA test kit for antibody detection of #COVID19 . This robust test will play a critical role in surveillance of proportion of population exposed to #SARSCoV2 infection

India's first indigenous COVID-19 testing kit

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has announced a partnership with Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL) on Saturday to develop a vaccine for coronavirus.

ICMR partners with BBIL to develop indigenous COVID-19 vaccine

ICMR stopped using kits from 2 Chinese firms | India Coronavirus | India-China According to Indian Council of Medical Research 'Results are varying while using Chinese kits to test COVID-19 positivity in a person'. Meanwhile, ICMR orders to stop using Chinese imported kits.

ICMR stopped using kits from 2 Chinese firms

On Monday, India cancelled orders to two Chinese companies for testing kits. China issued a statement - terming India's move as irresponsible. At the same time - a map from WHO showed parts of Ladakh as Chinese territory.

Gravitas: India stops using Chinese kits: China is 'deeply concerned'

The Indian Council of Medical Research has said that the rapid testing kits distributed to different states in India by the center will have to be validated before they could be put to use. Watch report.

ICMR: COVID-19 rapid testing kits needs validation first

The total COVID-19 cases in India stand at 19,984 and 69% of these positive cases of the total case were asymptomatic, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Tuesday.

More of asymptomatic positive cases in India, says ICMR

WION Exclusive: 'India's ICMR & America's CDS in touch' says Taranjit Singh Sandhu | Indian envoy to US WION's Principal Diplomatic Correspondent Siddhant Sibal exclusively speaks to Taranjit Singh Sandhu, Indian envoy to United Stated of America.

WION Exclusive: 'India's ICMR & US' CDS in touch' says Taranjit Singh Sandhu | Indian envoy to US

Indian envoy to United States Taranjit Singh Sandhu has said India & US have been closely cooperating on COVID crisis, with India's Indian Council of Medical Research and America's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention being in touch at the technical level.

COVID-19 crisis: India's ICMR & America's CDC in touch, says Indian envoy to US; details on ground account of how mission reaching to Indian community

According to a study by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) researchers have found the presence of different kinds of coronavirus in bat species. Watch report.

ICMR: Detection of 'Bat coronavirus' in India

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has validated TrueNat, a tuberculosis testing machine for COVID-19 screening tests. On Thursday, the ICMR had updated its testing strategy for COVID-19.

ICMR validates TrueNat for COVID-19 screening tests

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has invited applications from all government and private medical colleges for establishing COVID-19 testing facilities.

ICMR asks medical colleges to create COVID-19 testing facilities

ICMR has prescribed anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine for health workers and family members of coronavirus patients who are at high risk. US President Donald Trump says, this drug can be a game changer

WION Fineprint: Drug Hydroxychloroquine is a game changer-Trump

Icmr approves use of anti-malarial drug in high risk. ICMR holds a press briefing today and clarify that this drug is only use by those health workers who are treating Covid 19 patients.

Icmr approves use of anti-malarial drug for health workers

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