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Bengaluru, Jan 22 (PTI) Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Saturday congratulated healthcare workers and district authorities as the state crossed six crore COVID-19 tests.
"Testing has been one of the cornerstones of Karnataka"s success in fighting Covid.
We have completed crore tests since the beginning of the pandemic, third highest in the country.
Congratulations to all the health workers and district administration who made this possible," the minister tweeted.
Later speaking to reporters, the minister said when the pandemic started in early 2020, National Institute of Virology units were used to conduct tests and Karnataka used to send samples to NIV centres in Pune.
Karnataka gradually established labs across the state and now we have about 268 testing facilities including 99 government and 169 private labs, he added.