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Health Ministry has said that RT-PCR and Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) capacities have been substantially scaled up in all States.
In a tweet, the Ministry said that everyday on an average more than 9.5 lakh samples are tested by government labs and more than 1.2 lakh samples in private labs.
It said, at this rate, India is slated to overtake USA in testing.
The Ministry said, while the number of daily tests has increased as an integral part of Chase the Virus strategy, States have been advised that all symptomatic negatives of Rapid Antigen Tests are mandatorily subjected to RT-PCR.
