The test for Coronavirus in India is free. You can visit the hospital emergency department; they will collect the specimen and send it to the lab. The coronavirus can be tested in the laboratory only through the Real time-PCR and gene fingerprinting. In India, there are 15 functional labs to test COVID-19. Soon 19 more labs will be functional in the country.  Currently, a specimen of the suspected patients is tested at National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in Delhi, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)’s and laboratories at Alappuzha, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Mumbai. According to WHO the diagnosis of COVID-19 should be confirmed by gene sequencing or RT-PCR for blood or respiratory specimen as The RT- PCR test is a gene-based diagnostic test. It is found to be much more reliable and much better than the conventional test.