With the surge in daily cases in Karnataka, the need for more and more tests to be conducted has emerged. Karnataka will soon reach its goal of conducting one lakh COVID-19 tests per day as it has increased the number of labs and the tests done, Medical Education Minister Dr. K Sudhakar said on Saturday. The minister was quoted saying, "From one testing lab for COVID-19, we have opened 108 labs in six months. From 300 tests per day, we have increased it to 75,000. This will soon reach the goal of one lakh tests per day." He said that the state government has shown its commitment to contain the pandemic and has been successful in its attempt.
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The Minister was speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the MVJ Molecular Lab at MVJ Medical College & Research Hospital at Hoskote near Bengaluru. Stating that COVID-19 can be prevented completely only with the use of a vaccine, he said that the death rate in the state was about 1.65% and the purpose is to bring it down to less than one percent. As of September 4, cumulatively, 3,79,486 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 6,170 deaths and 2,74,196 discharges. Bengaluru Urban district tops the list of positive cases, with a total of 1,41,664 infections.
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A total of 31,97,110 samples have been tested so far, out of which 73,192 were tested on Friday alone, and among them, 31,641 were rapid antigen tests. Stressing the need to improve the quality of the medical education system in Karnataka and also bring about change, Sudhakar said a study of the medical education system in developed nations must be carried out and measures that aid the system have to be incorporated to make this possible.