<p>The Maharashtra government has brought down the rate for Covid-19 tests conducted at private laboratories by Rs 200, state health minister Rajesh Tope said on Monday.</p>.<p>Tope, in a statement, said the new rates will be Rs 900, Rs 1400 and Rs 1800 per test, adding it was the fourth time rates had been revised from the original Rs 4,500.</p>.<p>"While Rs 900 will be the cost that can be levied by pathological laboratories, charges for tests conducted through laboratories at Covid-19 centres, hospitals and quarantine centres will be Rs 1400. A rate of Rs 1,800 has been allowed for testing samples collected from homes," the statement quoted Tope as saying.</p>.<p>He added that the state was carrying out 70,000 tests per one million people now and efforts were on to raise it further. </p>
<p>The Maharashtra government has brought down the rate for Covid-19 tests conducted at private laboratories by Rs 200, state health minister Rajesh Tope said on Monday.</p>.<p>Tope, in a statement, said the new rates will be Rs 900, Rs 1400 and Rs 1800 per test, adding it was the fourth time rates had been revised from the original Rs 4,500.</p>.<p>"While Rs 900 will be the cost that can be levied by pathological laboratories, charges for tests conducted through laboratories at Covid-19 centres, hospitals and quarantine centres will be Rs 1400. A rate of Rs 1,800 has been allowed for testing samples collected from homes," the statement quoted Tope as saying.</p>.<p>He added that the state was carrying out 70,000 tests per one million people now and efforts were on to raise it further. </p>