COVID-19: 6,545 samples tested, which is highest in state so far, informs UP govt

May 17, 2020

Lucknow (UP), May 17 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Principal Health Secretary Amit Mohan Prasad on May 17 informed that the total 6,545 samples were tested till May 16 in the state, which is the highest so far. He added that the state is going to increase the testing. “Soon it will be increased to eight thousand and then 10 thousand per day.” “Yesterday, 345 pools were set up in the state, out of which 30 pools were positive. There are 1,881 people in the isolation ward who are undergoing treatment,” said Prasad.