<span style="color: #222222;">Indian Council of Medical Research, ICMR has said that a total of 16 lakh 73 thousand 688 samples of Covid-19 have been tested by the various government and private laboratories in the country so far. Yesterday, 64 thousand 651 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, 345 government laboratories and 131 private laboratories' chains have been given approval to conduct the test for Covid-19. ICMR has also approved 28 institutions for the PLACID trial. </span><br />''  <br />