Covid-19 Factoid: Maharashtra's sixth 100,000 cases came in just 9 days

India has conducted more than 700,000 tests every single day since August 11, and added over 50,000 fresh cases on each day this month

The global count of confirmed coronavirus cases has now crossed the 22-million mark. Of these cases, more than 14.8 million, or roughly 66 per cent, have managed to recover from the infection and over 778,000 people have lost their lives.

India’s Covid-19 tally now stands at over 2.7 million. The proportion of active cases in total has now dropped to 24.91 per cent, or 673,166 cases, and the recovery rate has risen to 73.18 per cent, or 1.9 million cases. The country’s death toll stands at 51,797, the fourth-highest in the world.

Here are some statistics on the pandemic:

1. Maharashtra cases now