JAIPUR: At a time when second wave of Covid-19 has emerged rapidly in April, the state government has increased sample collection for Covid-19 test for early diagnosis and treatment. The state reported an all-time high Covid-19 tests on Saturday when 56,020 samples were tested for Covid-19.
The health department’s teams are collecting samples from railway stations, bus stops, airports and from the areas where the Covid-19 cases have been detected. Testing is an effective way of surveillance for Covid-19 as it helps in identifying areas where clusters of infections are prevalent.
“We have increased the number of RT-PCR test done daily. On Friday too, we had collected nearly 55,000 samples for Covid-19 test,” said Siddharth Mahajan, secretary (health).
The average tests done daily in April has more than doubled than the average number of tests done daily in March. In April, the state government has done an average of 43,266 testing daily, while in March it was 19,497. In February, it was just 16,169 average number of daily testing as the daily Covid-19 cases were fewer than in March and April.
When the first wave of Covid-19 was at its peak in November, the average number of daily testing was 22,620 and in December it increased to 27,539 when the first wave continued to take toll on the health of the people.
According to the health department officials, for preventing spread of the second wave, the health department is focusing more on conducting test as part of its intensifying surveillance measures. Currently the state has capacity of testing 70,000 samples daily and soon we will be able to test 1 lakh sample daily.
The health department’s teams are collecting samples from railway stations, bus stops, airports and from the areas where the Covid-19 cases have been detected. Testing is an effective way of surveillance for Covid-19 as it helps in identifying areas where clusters of infections are prevalent.
“We have increased the number of RT-PCR test done daily. On Friday too, we had collected nearly 55,000 samples for Covid-19 test,” said Siddharth Mahajan, secretary (health).
The average tests done daily in April has more than doubled than the average number of tests done daily in March. In April, the state government has done an average of 43,266 testing daily, while in March it was 19,497. In February, it was just 16,169 average number of daily testing as the daily Covid-19 cases were fewer than in March and April.
When the first wave of Covid-19 was at its peak in November, the average number of daily testing was 22,620 and in December it increased to 27,539 when the first wave continued to take toll on the health of the people.
According to the health department officials, for preventing spread of the second wave, the health department is focusing more on conducting test as part of its intensifying surveillance measures. Currently the state has capacity of testing 70,000 samples daily and soon we will be able to test 1 lakh sample daily.
