<p class="title">Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Wednesday said seven more laboratories will come up across the state for testing suspected novel coronavirus cases.</p>.<p class="bodytext">At present, only three labs are operating in the state at Mumbai, Nagpur and Pune where samples of suspected persons are tested.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"KEM, JJ Hospital and Haffkine Institute will soon get the testing facilities. Most likely they will commence operations in the next five days," Tope told reporters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Similar laboratories will come up in different parts of the state, he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">At 42, Maharashtra has reported the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the country. </p>
<p class="title">Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Wednesday said seven more laboratories will come up across the state for testing suspected novel coronavirus cases.</p>.<p class="bodytext">At present, only three labs are operating in the state at Mumbai, Nagpur and Pune where samples of suspected persons are tested.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"KEM, JJ Hospital and Haffkine Institute will soon get the testing facilities. Most likely they will commence operations in the next five days," Tope told reporters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Similar laboratories will come up in different parts of the state, he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">At 42, Maharashtra has reported the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the country. </p>