Covid-19 tests exceed 200,000 a day target, government claims
by Hannah Devlin Science correspondent from Science | The Guardian on (#544XT)
Testing capacity hit 205,634 on Saturday but full figures for tests carried out not released
The government claims to have exceeded its goal of a daily Covid-19 test capacity of 200,000 by the end of May.
Boris Johnson set a target 200,000 tests a day earlier this month, but aides later said this referred to operational capacity rather than tests performed. On Saturday, 205,634 tests were available, meeting the target a day early, the government said. It did not release figures for the number of tests carried out.
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