Karnataka tests exceed WHO guidelines: Minister
BENGALURU:
Karnataka is doing much better than WHO guidelines by  conducting 297 tests per day per million people, according to Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar.
In what is seen as a counter to the Congress accusing the government of failing to curb the pandemic, the minister claimed that Karnataka was among the top 10 states and Union territories in terms of testing. Â
He tweeted: “WHO recommends 140 tests/day/million population. Karnataka is conducting 297 tests/day/million & is among top 10 states/UTs conducting 140 tests or more.”
. @WHO recommends 140 tests/day/million population. Karnataka is conducting 297 tests/day/million & is among top 10 states/UTs conducting 140 tests or more. So far, we conducted more than 9.25 lakh tests and all of them are RT-PCR tests that provide accurate results.@blsanthosh
— Dr Sudhakar K (@mla_sudhakar) July 17, 2020
So far, more than 9.25 lakh tests have been conducted, he said.
The state government said it can now conduct 25,000 tests a day. On Thursday, 23,451 tests were done statewide, of which 4,169 tested positive.Â
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