Bhubaneswar: The daily count of COVID-19 tests conducted in Odisha crossed 60,000 for the fourth consecutive day on Sunday, the Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) Department informed on Monday.
Additional Chief Secretary, H&FW, Pradipta Mahapatra informed that 60,909 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours. These included 7490 RT-PCR, 53,295 antigen and 124 Truenat tests.
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The highest of 9,219 tests were conducted in Mayurbhanj followed by 8,864 in Kendrapara and 8,644 in Ganjam district.
The tests are being conducted in 11 private laboratories, state-run medical colleges and hospitals and AIIMS-Bhubaneswar, RMRC, ILS and IISER.
