Coronavirus or Covid-19 pandemic has hit humanity really hard and the number of Coronavirus case continues to swell globally. As of now, there are more than 2.2lakh cases in more than 170 countries. In India, all agencies and governments have been operating proactively to limit the infection from spreading. Only 160-odd people have been tested positive till March 18. However, it is worth pointing out that India has the poorest testing rate in the world.
As of now, there are only 72 Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) authorized Coronavirus detection test collection centres in the country. To put things in perspective, India has 732 districts and a population of 1.3 billion.
Here’s a detailed list of coronavirus laboratories in India where anyone who suspects COVID-19 infection can get himself or family members tested:
| States | COVID-19 Testing centers |
| Maharashtra | Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur; Kasturba Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Mumbai |
| Delhi | All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS); National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) |
| Kerala | National Institute of Virology Field Unit Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode; Govt. Medical College, Thrissur; Govt. Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram |
| Karnataka | National Institute of Virology Field Unit Bangalore; Hassan Inst. of Med. Sciences, Hassan; Bangalore Medical College & Research Institute, Bangalore; Shimoga Inst. of Med. Sciences, Shivamogga; Mysore Medical College & Research Institute, Mysore |
| Uttar Pradesh | Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh; Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi; King’s George Medical University, Lucknow |
| Rajasthan | Jhalawar Medical College, Jhalawar; SP Medical College, Bikaner; Dr. S.N Medical College, Jodhpur; Sawai Man Singh, Jaipur; RNT Medical College, Udaipur |
| Tamil Nadu | Govt. Medical college, Thiruvaru; Government Medical College, Theni; King’s Institute of Preventive Medicine & Research, Chennai; Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli |
| Uttarakhand | Government Medical College, Haldwani |
| West Bengal | IPGMER, Kolkata; National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata |
| Madhya Pradesh | All India Institute Medical Sciences, Bhopal; National Institute of Research in Tribal Health, Jabalpur |
| Gujarat | MP Shah Government Medical College, Jamnagar; BJ Medical College, Ahmedabad |
| Haryana | Pt BD Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak; BPS Govt Medical College, Sonipat |
| Himachal Pradesh | Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh; Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Kangra |
| Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh | Government Medical College, Srinagar; Government Medical College, Jammu; Sher-e- Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar |
| Jharkhand | MGM Medical College, Jamshedpur |
| Manipur | Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal; JN Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital, Imphal |
| Meghalaya | NEIGRI of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong |
| Assam | Silchar Medical College, Silchar; Regional Medical Research Center, Dibrugarh; Guwahati Medical College, Guwahati; Jorhat Medical College, Jorhat |
| Puducherry | Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry |
| Odisha | Regional Medical Research Center, Bhubaneswar |
| Bihar | Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna |
| Punjab | Government Medical College, Amritsar; Government Medical College, Patiala |
| Telangana | Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad; Gandhi Medical College, Secunderabad |
| Tripura | Government Medical College, Agartala |
| Andhra Pradesh | Siddhartha Medical College, Vijayawada; Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam; Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati; GMC, Anantapur Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada |
| Chandigarh | Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh |
| Chhattisgarh | All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur |
| Andaman & Nicobar | Regional Medical Research Centre, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar |
Government of India has also set-up 24X7 helpline 1075 to address of Coronavirus related queries and offer support to citizens. One can also reach by dropping an email at ‘ncov2019@gov.in’. States have also set up helpline here are the details:
