Andhra Pradesh completes over 10.17 lakh Coronavirus tests
People waiting for the Covid-19 test at MB Municipal Corporation Stadium in Ajit Singh Nagar in Vijayawada.
Coronavirus tests in Andhra Pradesh: Andhra Pradesh has crossed one million Covid-19 tests, logging 10,17,123 tests as on Sunday morning. With extensive testing and timely treatment, the mortality rate stands at 1.24 per cent which is much lower than the national average of 2.86 per cent.
The State government started working as per an action plan to contain the spread of Covid-19 early this year and utilised the services of village volunteers at the best for community surveillance, monitoring health conditions, and many more.
Starting with zero testing facilities, in no time, the State government ramped its health infrastructure and established 78 testing laboratories including government, private, and TrueNat labs along with dedicated hospitals for treating Covid patients.
The first lab for Covid-19 was established on March 7, 2020 in AP. From zero labs as on March 6, AP increased its lab capacity to 78 labs in all. Apart from 15 testing facility centres, Covid-19 tests are being conducted in 4 private labs, 19 VRDL labs, 47 Truenat labs, 5CBNAAT, 2NACO and 5 CLIA labs
While it took 59 days to complete the first one lakh Covid-19 tests, the State has consistently increased the testing capacity and completed the last three lakh tests in just 12 days.
The tests per million population in Andhra Pradesh has reached 19,047 against the national average of 6,878 tests per million.
The extensive testing has been a backbone in the battle against coronavirus which enabled the State to complete over one million tests in less than 125 days.
Andhra Pradesh government has adopted a three-pronged strategy of tracing, testing and treatment to contain the spread and intensity of Covid-19 and the govt is also providing a financial assistance of Rs 2,000 to the patients discharged from hospital.