Bengaluru: Even as the State is witnessing an alarming increase in the number of COVID-19 cases, the State Government conducted a record 72,684 tests in Karnataka on a single day on Saturday, which also saw 8,324 positive cases.
So far, a total of 27,85,718 people in the State have undergone COVID-19 test and 3,27,076 people have tested positive for the deadly virus.
State Nodal Officer for conduct of tests Dr. C.N. Manjunath, Director, Jayadeva Institute of Cardio-Vascular Sciences at Bengaluru, said that the high number of infections is due to the increase in the number of tests covering a vast population. Of late, the State is clocking an average of 8,000 cases every day with the conduct of nearly 70,000 tests a day. However, other States have been conducting an average of 5,000 to 10,000 tests a day, which number is far less as compared to Karnataka, he said and added that Karnataka is among the topmost ranked State in terms of quality and quantity of testing.
This post was published on August 31, 2020 6:40 pm