Covid 19 CoronavirusTesting in India

With a population of 1.353 billion (2018) and the second-most populous country after China in the world, it does have a major challenge on how it will manage the testing of all its citizens for the Coronavirus (Covid-19). India comprises 28 states and 8 union territories.

Based on the information from Indian Council of Medical Research, there are at present 154 operational government labs and 68 private labs for
performing Covid19 tests on the public, this list is updated on a daily basis and published here under the section “COIVD-19 Testing Laboratories”.The Supreme Court on Wednesday 8th April, in an interim order, has directed to ensure that all approved diagnostic laboratories, including private, offer free Covid-19 testing.

Based on the Census 2011 , there are certain states which are highly populous as compared to others. In order, cover the testing the population of these states will depend on quickly operational labs are setup and the capacity of testing they can handle on a day to day basis.
Overall, the country reported to have tested a total of 1,27,919 samples by that day according to Statistica.

Maharashtra seems to be the epicentre of this pandemic with the highest confirmed COVID19 cases,1,426, and a total of 8,356 so far confirmed positive in the country as of today.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_pandemic_in_India

Note: Figures are from official data released by the Ministry of Health/WikiPedia/Indian Council of Medical Research, may differ from realtime numbers released by various state governments subject to confirmation from the Centre.