India's Covid-19 tally crossed the 1.8 million mark on Monday, just a day after it went past 1.7 million, with 52,972 cases reported in a day while the number of recoveries surged to over 1.18 million, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
The number of Covid-19 tests carried out in India has also crossed the 20 million-mark, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
The total coronavirus cases surged to 1,803,695, while the death toll due to Covid-19 climbed to 38,135 with 771 people succumbing to the disease in a day, the data updated at 8 am