On the controversy of fake Covid reports in the state, the State health department has come up with a detailed report where it states that nearly 1 Lakh of Fake Covid test reports were issued during Kumbh Mela. 

The Kumbh, the grand religious gathering, held in the state from 1 to 30 April, had seen lakhs of devotees amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The Haridwar district administration found in the probe that, several irregularities like a single phone number were used to register over 50 people and one antigen test kit was shown to have tested 700 samples.

Around 200 sample collectors registered with the agency turned out to be students and data entry operators or residents of Rajasthan, who had never been to Haridwar, whereas a sample collector has to be physically present to collect samples.

The labs undergoing issuing fake reports to meet the daily testing quota of 50,000 tests set by the Uttarakhand High Court during the Kumbh.

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