<span style="color: #222222;">Indian Council of Medical Research, ICMR has said that a total of 18 lakh 54 thousand 250 samples of Covid-19 have been tested by the various government and private laboratories in the country. In the last 24 hours, 94 thousand 671 tests were conducted. Meanwhile, ICMR is continuously scaling up its testing facilities for Covid-19 by giving approval to government and private laboratories.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">As of now, 351 government laboratories and 140 private laboratory chains have been given approval to conduct tests for Covid-19. ICMR has initiated a multi centre clinical PLACID trial and so far 35 institutions have been approved for the trial.</span><br />''  <br />