The second-most-affected country by total cases and active cases, and third by death toll, India has added 625,651 cases in the past 7 days
During the ongoing pandemic, this stark difference has rekindled the debate over the cost of private and government healthcare
India's COVID-19 testing capacity has surged to more than 1.2 million daily tests, said Union Health Ministry
Coronavirus update: Maharashtra has 1,224,380 coronavirus cases, Andhra Pradesh 625,514, Tamil Nadu 547,337, Karnataka 526,876, and UP 358,893. Stay tuned for coronavirus India LIVE update
Addressing a press briefing, Health Ministry Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said India has the highest number of recovered cases in the world at 4,497,867
Seven states account for 65.5 per cent of the total confirmed Covid-19 cases and 77 per cent of the total deaths
According to the Union Health Ministry, more than 63 per cent of the active cases of coronavirus in the country are concentrated in these seven States/UTs
With 101468 new daily recoveries, the most in a day so far, India's recovery rate has improved to 80.86%; the fatality rate remains unchanged at 1.60%
Coronavirus update: Maharashtra has 1,208,642 coronavirus cases, Andhra Pradesh 625,514, Tamil Nadu 541,993, Karnataka 519537, and UP 354,275. Stay tuned for coronavirus India LIVE update
A total of 86,961 new cases have been reported in the last 24 hours, of which 76 per cent of the new confirmed cases (active cases) are concentrated in 10 States/UTs
Rao said that the fatality rate was 2.01 per cent as of Monday while the recovery rate was 77.9 per cent
Twelve states and UTs have registered recovery rate of more than the national average and 79 per cent of the new recovered cases are from 10 states and UTs
The Drugs Controller General of India has approved of the commercial launch of 'Feluda', the Tata CRISPR Covid-19 test
The states and UTs that have seen their respective biggest single-day spikes in total cases are Kerala (4716), Odisha (4330), and Rajasthan (1865)
Coronavirus latest update: Total Covid-19 cases in India stand at 5,305,387. Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka have over 500,000 cases each. Stay tuned for coronavirus LIVE updates
According to data provided by Choubey on a query raised by TMC MP Dinesh Trivedi, India has 1.16 beds per 1,000 persons with its population estimated at 139.78 crores as per the 2011 census
The last 10 million tests were conducted in merely nine days and the Tests Per Million (TPM) have been boosted to 46,131, the ministry highlighted
The eVIN system is regularly monitored by health authorities at state and district level
Till September 18, a total of 61,733,533 tests were conducted across the country, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey said in the Rajya Sabha
With 94612 new daily recoveries, India's recovery rate has improved to 79.68%; the fatality rate remains unchanged at 1.61%