A total of 16,000 people have been tested for COVID-19 in Karnataka.

Press release by the Karnataka Department of Health and Family Welfare confirms that 23,460 COVID-19 samples were tested in Karnataka and not 16,000.

Press release by the Karnataka Department of Health and Family Welfare confirms that 23,460 COVID-19 samples were tested in Karnataka and not 16,000.Daily statistics showed on the website of the Department of Health and Family Welfare and a media bulletin released on 20 April 2020 shows that as on 5 pm cumulative total samples tested for COVID -19 in Karnataka is 23,460.

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