8.25 lakh tests done in Kanniyakumari district
The Hindu
The district administration has so far conducted 8,25,227 COVID-19 tests on the samples collected in Government Medical College Hospital at Aasaaripallam and in various check-posts across the district
The district administration has so far conducted 8,25,227 COVID-19 tests on the samples collected in Government Medical College Hospital at Aasaaripallam and in various check-posts across the district ever since the pandemic outbreak in March 2020. Of this, the Department of Microbiology of Government Medical College Hospital at Aasaaripallam here has conducted 7,13,000 tests at a cost of ₹ 35 crores, according to Collector M. Aravind. Consequently, 10,694 COVID-19 positive patients with severe symptoms of the viral infection were admitted in the medical college hospital and treated successfully. Of this, 80% of them were admitted in the intensive care unit since their oxygen saturation levels were alarmingly low. He said the microbiology laboratory of Government Medical College Hospital is doing anywhere between 2,000 and 4,000 COVID-19 tests a day, which is the reason for bringing down the district’s positivity rate that once crossed even 1,000 cases a day.More Related News