Amid a sharp drop in the number of COVID-19 cases in the national capital, the Delhi government today fixed the ceiling price for RT-PCR COVID-19 tests in private laboratories. 300 more 500 for RT-PCR samples collected from home, the state health department said in a notification.
Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) will be done on 100, it added.
The rates for “traditional RT-PCR test in which samples are collected by government teams and collection sites by private sector laboratories, as required by districts or hospitals” have been prescribed: 200.
The price of “traditional RT-PCR test in which samples are collected by private lab teams for the government and further processed in their laboratory” has been set at: 300.
For RT-PCR tests, in which the individual gives samples to laboratories for testing at his own expense, the price is fixed at 300. The prices for RT-PCR tests where samples are collected through home visits have been prescribed: 500.
Read also: 43 deaths due to Kovid-19 in Delhi, highest since June 10; Positivity rate reduced to 21.48%
The national capital witnessed 12,306 new Covid-19 cases in a span of 24 hours on Thursday. The city also reported 43 deaths due to Kovid-19, the highest since June 10. Delhi’s positivity rate now stands at 21.48 per cent. So far 396 people have succumbed to the virus in the national capital in January. Delhi had registered 35 deaths and 13,785 COVID-19 cases on Wednesday with a positivity rate of 23.86 per cent.
Meanwhile, the Center has informed that 72 per cent of India’s adult population has been fully vaccinated, while around 52 per cent of children in the 15-18 age group have been given the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
He also said that 3,17,532 new COVID-19 cases and 380 deaths have been reported in the country in the last 24 hours. With this, India’s active caseload has gone up to 19,24,051, the health secretary said.
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