Maharashtra, which has been testing around 100 samples daily for coronavirus infection, will now be able to scale up this number up to 600, as the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) approved testing at three more facilities.<br />''<br />''State medical education minister Amit Deshmukh informed that two of these testing facilities are in Pune and one in Mumbai. In an official statement  Deshmukh said that We were testing around 100 samples on daily a basis. The Indian Council of Medical Research has now permitted Covid-19 detection tests at Haffkine Institute in Mumbai as well as at Sassoon General Hospital and B J Medical College in Pune.<br />''<br />''He informed that the state government has also demanded setting up testing laboratories at private hospitals as well. Deshmukh said that state-run medical colleges and hospitals at Dhule, Aurangabad, Solapur, Miraj and Latur will also have similar testing facilities once centre gives its permission.<br />''<br />''<br />