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Indian data hints at runaway virus spread as daily deaths hit record

Indian data hints at runaway virus spread as daily deaths hit record
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Hiding numbers? Karnataka cuts Covid testing

Express News Service BENGALURU: Despite repeated warnings from members of the Covid Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) not to reduce testing, the Department of Health and Family Welfare has consistently reduced the number of tests over the last three weeks. As per the health bulletin data, testing has fallen from 1.46 lakh RTPCR tests on May 8 to 1.04 lakh tests on Tuesday.“It is not a good trend. In the last two days, testing has come down but the positivity rate remains high. This shows that the virus is spreading faster,” said Dr C N Manjunath, nodal officer for Covid testing and head of Covid expert committee.

RT-PCR coronavirus tests and false negatives: Why is that happening?

Read more about RT-PCR coronavirus tests and false negatives: Why is that happening? on Business Standard. As Covid-19 case numbers increase rapidly, and people are finding it hard to get RT-PCR tests done, get a sense of what is happening on the ground

Why some symptomatic Covid-19 patients are getting negative RT-PCR test results

Doctors and scientists explain what is happening on the ground. 4 hours ago False negative test results can occur if the sample was not taken at the right time in one s infection. | Noah Seelam / AFP Earlier in April, Arjun Sharma (name changed on request) visited three hospitals in Delhi with his father, trying to get an oxygen bed for him. His father had tested negative for Covid-19 on an RT-PCR test, but was showing symptoms of the disease – his oxygen levels had dropped and a CT scan showed infection and pneumonia in his lungs. “Doctors who we consulted said that my father most likely has Covid-19 and should get admitted to a hospital to get oxygen support,” said Sharma, a central government employee living in east Delhi. “But the test was negative despite his serious symptoms, and maybe this was a false-negative test result.”

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