Chandigarh, Jul 3 (UNI) Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Friday said that State has ramped up its sample collection and lab capabilities significantly which has contributed towards containing the spread of infection.
Mr Sidhu said that Punjab has crossed the testing of 3,24,000 samples for COVID-19. Since its first confirmed COVID-19 positive case on March 5, the state has increased its testing capacity per million figures to 9,949 per day as on June 30. This is better than the national average of 6,653 tests per million per day.
He said after completing the testing of one lakh samples on June 4 the state has reached the milestone of testing three lakh samples within a month. "This shows the strides the state has been making in ramping up its testing capacity."