Bengaluru: In the past four months, Karnataka has tested at least 30% more than 2020 peak in November when the average daily test is 1,589 per million.
With a slight increase in a few days in recent days, testing can be prioritized in the border districts of Dakshina Kannada and Kodagu, among others, while maintaining a healthy amount in all states, with Bengaluru still a priority.
The overall test in this country has been high enough than in 2020, but did not compare with Kerala, Jammu and Kashmir, Assam and Delhi, which was on average the weekly per million much higher.
The first four days of August have seen 2,158 tests per million (TPM) every day, which is 36% more than 2020 peaks.
It was 2,108 in July, 2,235 in June, 1,993 in May and 2,082 in April.
Dr.
CN Manjunath, the Nodal Officer for Covid testing in Karnataka, said: “The number of tests we have made is not at all bad.
There needs to be a focus on the district bordering Kerala in the next few days along with Bengaluru who will continue to be a priority.” Since April this year, Karnataka has done more than 40 lakh tests per month with posting posts June 45.3 lakh.
On average, the state has tested a 1.2 lakh sample every day with a few days – like August 1 – see more than 1.5 test lakh.
“If necessary, the available infrastructure can be encouraged to test up to 1.8 lakh per day.
It has been achieved in the past on a few days when the cases soared.
Do it every day will lead to backlogs and affect the overall handling of pandemic, “Manjunath said.
After peaking in November 2020 with almost 31.2 Lakh monthly tests, Karnataka testing has been dipped in the next three months – 29.7 lakh in December 2020, 29.5 lakh and 17.6 lakh in January and February 2021, before taking Again from March 2021.
From the lowest level of 17.6 lakh in February, testing jumped to more than 26 lakh in March, at the end of the cases where it had begun to surge.
From there, it’s more than 41 lakh tests a month.