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कल्याण मंत्रालय, भारत सरकार
Indian Council of Medical Research
Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare, Government of India

PRESS RELEASE dated 10-March 2020, 10 AM IST

SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Testing: Status Update as on 10- March 2020 10 AM IST

3828 samples have been tested from suspected cases and contacts with known positives throughout
the country. Till date, 45 out of the 3828 have been confirmed positive for SARS-CoV-2. In the
past 24 hours, 1 positive from Kerala, 2 positives from Pune, Maharashtra and 3 positives from
Bengaluru, Karnataka have been confirmed.
1544 samples have been tested from batches of evacuees who have completed quarantine period or
are under quarantine at present. 1308 samples from the first batch of 654 evacuees from Wuhan,
China tested on both day 0 and day 14 of quarantine period were negative. A second batch of
evacuees from Wuhan, China and from Japan are currently under quarantine. 236 samples collected
on day 0 of quarantine from these individuals have tested negative. All 236 individuals will be re-
tested on day 14 of the quarantine period.
In addition to ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Pune, 51 Virus Research and Diagnostic
Laboratories (VRDLs) and National Centre for Disease Control, New Delhi are performing testing
for COVID-19.
ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Pune is the apex laboratory for reconfirmation of any positive
samples as well as the quality assurance for the testing of samples for SARS-CoV-2.

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