<span style="color: #222222;">Indian Council of Medical Research, ICMR has said that 5 lakh 79 thousand 957 samples of COVID-19 have been tested by the various government and private laboratories in the country.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, ICMR is continuously scaling up its testing facilities for COVID-19 by giving approval to government and private laboratories. As of now, 272 government laboratories and 87 private laboratories' chains have been given approval to conduct the test for COVID-19.</span><br />