Chennai: Tamilnadu government has reportedly placed order to acquire 10 lakh more PCR kits to intensify Covid-19 testings in the State.
According to reports, the order has been placed with a South Korean company and all rules and stringent quality norms are being followed in the procurement process.
While revealing Friday’s coronavirus status in Tamilnadu, Health Minister C Vijayabaskar said the public need not have apprehensions about the number of positive cases.
“It is because of aggressive testing of people including those with severe acute respiratory infections and ordinary (flu like) symptoms like cough,” he added.
Tamilnadu has tested 2,16,416 samples, the highest number in the entire country and a bigger State like Maharashtra has done 2,02,105 tests till this morning, Vijayabaskar said.
“We are doing more tests than States that have more population and that is why a number of new positive cases are emerging and we are transparent.” Also, the testing facilities in Tamilnadu are the highest in India at 52 including 36 in government and 16 in private sectors, the Minister said.
The State has been effectively tackling the cluster of cases emerging from single sources like a religious congregation in Delhi previously and now the Koyambedu market, he pointed out.