Mysore/Mysuru: With a given target of 4,500 samples to be tested on daily basis,
COVID-19 Testing Centres across the city are testing over 5,000 samples in a day.
There are over 20 testing centres in city, 42 in rural places, 4-5 mobile testing teams in city and 4-5 in every taluk. While the Lab at Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) is testing 3,000 to 4,000 samples per day, the CFTRI Testing Lab at Panchakarma Hospital on KRS Road is testing 1,000 samples a day, according to sources at District Health Office (DHO).
According to statistics, on Dec. 14, 5,553 samples were tested in the district out of which 56 samples turned positive. On Dec. 15, 6,660 samples tested and 35 positive cases detected and on Dec. 16, out of 6,049 samples 47 tested positive.