India crossed 10 crores
#COVID19 testing milestone, the 3rd highest in the world! It ranks 104 for test/million population

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">Commendable for a country that is ranked 142 for per capita GDP (IMF ranking 2020)

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="*⃣" title="Tastenkappe Sternchen" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Sternchen">Thread examines important testing trends at national & state level
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https://twitter.com/ICMRDELHI/status/1319482650025881600">https://twitter.com/ICMRDELHI...

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts">Of the 10 crore tests so far, only 4.68 crores are RT-PCR tests

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts">7-day avg. TPR has been declining consistently & is now at 5.2%, at the level it was on May 17

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts">Growth of tests have been slightly above cases for a while

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts">7-d avg. daily testing at 11.2 Lakhs
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">There are discrepancies between total tests reported by the states & ICMR

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">For the past few days, the 7-d avg. daily number of tests reported by ICMR has been close to 2 lakhs more than those reported by states combined

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">these needs to be reconciled
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During the recent times, TPM per day has decreased in several states including MH, OD, RJ, MP, HR, PB, KL, GA, PY, & TR.
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts">Most states don&
#39;t report results of testing by test types separately

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts">Many are increasingly relying on antigen tests without disclosing if false -ves are being re-tested sufficiently

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts">There is a severe lack of transparency in reporting of some key variables by many
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