With constant spike in Coronavirus cases in the state, the MVA government and the civic body have increased the number of laboratories to test the suspected patients, besides roping in more hospitals to set up quarantine and isolation facilities.

Testing of samples first started at the National Institute of Virology in Pune, followed by Kasturba Hospital in Mumbai and Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital in Nagpur. Later, KEM Hospital also set up the facility for testing.