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Odisha Conducts Over 50K COVID-19 Tests In 24 Hours

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OB Bureau

Bhubaneswar: As many as 50,044  COVID-19 tests were conducted in Odisha in the last 24 hours, the State Health & Family Welfare (H&FW) Department informed on Friday.

These included 7345 RT-PCR, 42,511 Antigen and 188 TruNat tests.

Notably, the state government has directed all private hospitals, nursing homes and laboratories to conduct COVID-19 tests 19 via three methods — RT-PCR, Antigen and TruNat.

OB Bureau

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