The Union health ministry on Tuesday pulled up the Maharashtra government saying the state is not testing enough, and that the share of RT-PCR tests in the state is progressively decreasing.
Addressing a press conference on the Covid-19 situation in the country, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra have “grown significantly” and have reached a high of over 57,000 cases a day.
“The state’s test per million figure is also growing but it is not keeping pace with the growth of average daily cases,” Bhushan said.
He added that another area of concern is that the share of RT-PCR tests in the total number of tests carried out in the state has been decreasing as the case increased. RT-PCR test is considered to be among the most reliable tests to detect Covid-19.
“If you look at the share of RC-PCR tests, it is progressively coming down. That is something concerning,” Rajesh Bhushan said.
