<p>Maharashtra minister Nitin Raut on Friday said coronavirus testing in Nagpur has tripled to over 10,000 tests per day, amid rise in infections.</p>.<p>Addressing the media after a review meeting with district officials, Raut said there are 1,769 oxygen beds, 684 ICU and 263 ventilator beds available for Covid-19 patients in the district.</p>.<p>Although the cases of coronavirus are increasing in Maharashtra, the administration has been able to control the situation in Nagpur, the district's guardian minister said.</p>.<p>Coronavirus testing has tripled, as more than 10,000 swab samples are tested in the district in a day, he said.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/covid-19-active-cases-cross-60000-mark-in-maharashtra-955455.html" target="_blank">Covid-19 active cases cross 60,000 mark in Maharashtra</a></strong></p>.<p>Apart from this, stamping of people placed under home quarantine and recording data of patients visiting government hospitals are also underway, he said.</p>.<p>Nagpur had on Thursday recorded 1,116 fresh cases of coronavirus and 13 more casualties.</p>.<p>The district's Covid-19 tally now stands at 1,46,831, of which 4,314 patients have died of the infection.</p>
<p>Maharashtra minister Nitin Raut on Friday said coronavirus testing in Nagpur has tripled to over 10,000 tests per day, amid rise in infections.</p>.<p>Addressing the media after a review meeting with district officials, Raut said there are 1,769 oxygen beds, 684 ICU and 263 ventilator beds available for Covid-19 patients in the district.</p>.<p>Although the cases of coronavirus are increasing in Maharashtra, the administration has been able to control the situation in Nagpur, the district's guardian minister said.</p>.<p>Coronavirus testing has tripled, as more than 10,000 swab samples are tested in the district in a day, he said.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/covid-19-active-cases-cross-60000-mark-in-maharashtra-955455.html" target="_blank">Covid-19 active cases cross 60,000 mark in Maharashtra</a></strong></p>.<p>Apart from this, stamping of people placed under home quarantine and recording data of patients visiting government hospitals are also underway, he said.</p>.<p>Nagpur had on Thursday recorded 1,116 fresh cases of coronavirus and 13 more casualties.</p>.<p>The district's Covid-19 tally now stands at 1,46,831, of which 4,314 patients have died of the infection.</p>