The ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019 and recognized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020, as the first known pandemic that may be controlled. As of 16 March, over 173,000 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in more than 150 countries and territories, with major outbreaks in mainland China, Europe, Iran and South Korea, among others. More than 6,600 people have died from the disease and over 77,000 have recovered.
In India over 100 people have been coronavirus positive. To stop this CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC Indian government managing the high priority services in every state and same as the state government are providing the best services to the people. Maharashtra state has the largest numbers of coronavirus positive individuals.
According to Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), now any individual suspected of having coronavirus (COVID-19) can be tested in over 50 laboratories in India. In addition to ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Pune, 51 Virus Research and Diagnostic Laboratories (VRDLs) and National Centre for Disease Control, New Delhi are performing testing for COVID-19. ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Pune is the apex laboratory for reconfirmation of any positive samples as well as the quality assurance for the testing of samples for SARS-CoV-2.
Check 52 Testing sites for COVID-19 Test in India:
DELHI
All India Institute Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)
MAHARASHTRA
Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur
Kasturba Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Mumbai
RAJASTHAN
Sawai Man Singh, Jaipur
Dr. S.N Medical College, Jodhpur
Jhalawar Medical College, Jhalawar
SP Med. College, Bikaner
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UTTAR PRADESH
King's George Medical University, Lucknow
Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh
TAMIL NADU
King's Institute of Preventive Medicine & Research, Chennai
Government Medical College, Theni
UTTARAKHAND
Government Medical College, Haldwani
WEST BENGAL
National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata
IPGMER, Kolkata
MADHYA PRADESH
All India Institute Medical Sciences, Bhopal
National Institute of Research in Tribal Health (NIRTH), Jabalpur
KARNATAKA
Bangalore Medical College & Research Institute, Bangalore
National Institute of Virology Field Unit Bangalore
Mysore Medical College & Research Institute, Mysore
Hassan Inst. of Med. Sciences, Hassan
Shimoga Inst. of Med. Sciences, Shivamogga
KERALA
National Institute of Virology Field Unit
Govt. Medical College, Thriuvananthapuram
Govt. Medical College, Kozhikhode
GUJARAT
BJ Medical College, Ahmedabad
M.P.Shah Government Medical College, Jamnagar
HARYANA
BPS Govt Medical College, Sonipat
Pt. B.D. Sharma Post Graduate Inst. of Med. Sciences, Rohtak
HIMACHAL PRADESH
Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Govt. Med. College, Kangra, Tanda
JAMMU AND KASHMIR
Sher-e- Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar
Government Medical College, Jammu
JHARKHAND
MGM Medical College, Jamshedpur
MEGHALAYA
NEIGRI of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong
MANIPUR
J N Inst. of Med. Sciences Hospital, Imphal-East, Manipur
ODISHA
Regional Medical Research Center, Bhubaneswar
PUNJAB
Government Medical College, Patiala
Government Medical College, Amritsar
PUDUCHERRY
Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry
TELANGANA
Gandhi Medical College, Secunderabad
TRIPURA
Government Medical College, Agartala
BIHAR
Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna
CHANDIGARH
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh
ASSAM
Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati
Regional Medical Research Center, Dibrugarh
CHHATTISGARH
All India Institute Medical Sciences, Raipur
ANDAMAN and NICOBAR ISLANDS
Regional Medical Research Centre, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar
ANDHRA PRADESH,
Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati
Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam
GMC, Anantapur AP
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57 Sample Collection Laboratories of COVID-19 in India
Maharashtra
Government Medical College, Miraj, Sangli
Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital , Mumbai
Government Medical college, Nagpur
Government Medical College, Aurangabad
V. M. Government Medical College, Solapur
Shri Bhausaheb Hire Government Medical College, Dhule
Government Medical College and Hospital & Superspeciality Hospital, Akola
Andhra Pradesh
Siddhartha Medical College, Vijayawada
Rajeev Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Kadapa
Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada
Guntur Medical College, Guntur
Rajasthan
RNT Medical College, Udaipur
AIIMS, Jodhpur
Madhya Pradesh
Bundelkhand Medical College, Sagar
MGM Medical College, Indore
Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior
S.S Medical College, Rewa
Bihar
Patna Medical College, Patna
Darbhanga Medical College, Darbhanga
S K Medical College, Muzaffarpur
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Gujarat
Government Medical College, Surat
GMC, Bhavnagar
PDU GMC, Rajkot
Government Medical College & SSG Hospital, Vadodara
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Delhi‐NCR
Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi
Karnataka
Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Science, Bellary
Gulbarga Institute Of Medical Sciences, Gulbarga
Tamil Nadu
Madurai Medical College, Madurai
Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College, Salem
Government Medical College, Thiruvarur
Government Medical College, Villupuram
Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli
Coimbatore Medical College, Coimbatore
Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad
Uttar Pradesh
UPUMS, (Formerly UPRIMS) Saifai
Uttarakhand
AIIMS, Rishikesh
Doon Government Medical College, Dehradun
West Bengal
Murshidabad Medical College & Hospital, Murshidabad,Berhampur, West Bengal
Midnapore Medical College & Hospital, Midnapore
North Bengal Medical College, Darjeeling
Malda Medical College, Malda
RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata
Manipur
Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal
Odisha
SCB Medical College, Cuttack
Puducherry
Indira Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Puducherry
Kerala
Government Medical College, Thrissur
Ladakh
Sonam Namgyal Memorial Hospital, Leh
Chhattisgarh
Late Sri BaliramKashyap Memorial Govt. Medical College,Jagdalpur
Jammu and Kashmir
Government Medical College, Srinagar
Jharkhand
Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi
Assam
Silchar Medical College, Silchar
Jorhat Medical College, Jorhat
Tezpur Medical College, Tezpur
Fakhruddin Medical College, Barpeta
Chandigarh
Government Medical College & Hospital, Chandigarh
Reference from Official Site of ICMR
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