Karnataka govt will now give your Covid-19 test result online

Karnataka has gone live with an online service that allows citizens to check their Covid-19 test result by entering the specimen referral form (SRF) ID.

The portal - www.covidwar.karnataka.gov.in/service1 - has been developed by the Karnataka State Covid-19 War Room headed by IAS officer Munish Moudgil.

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“If you are positive, don't panic. Stay calm and isolate yourself at your home. Government of Karnataka will automatically get in touch with you on your mobile number,” Moudgil said in a note.

The SRF ID is required by the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) for Covid-19 testing purposes. The ID comprises the personal details of a patient. The SRF ID is given to every patient who gets tested for Covid-19.

A similar online service is available in Tamil Nadu.

Also Read: Coronavirus India update: State-wise total number of confirmed cases

Karnataka has 79,782 active Covid-19 cases. Of the total 2.40 lakh positive cases reported, 1.5 lakh have been discharged, according to data.

The government has been claiming bragging rights on the Covid-19 testing front. On Tuesday, the state conducted 59,088 tests. “So far we conducted 21,34,174 tests across 100 labs in the state out of which 15,82,449 tests are RT-PCR and other methods and 5,51,725 are rapid antigen tests,” Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar said.

According to the War Room analysis, Karnataka is in the sixth position nationally in terms of the number of Covid-19 tests done per million population: Delhi comes first with 79,828, followed by Jammu & Kashmir (64,640), Andhra Pradesh (59,737), Assam (58,385), Tamil Nadu (53,311) and Karnataka (34,912).