Covid-19 Factoid: India sees lowest single-day addition in 42 days

While India sees a huge drop in new cases, Maharashtra has a drop in number of daily tests while cases see a sudden spike in Ladakh

The global count of coronavirus cases has crossed 35.7 million, of which nearly 8 million are currently active. The global death toll is now over 1 million, with the US having the greatest number of deaths.

In India, the confirmed case count has crossed 6.6 million, of which roughly 14 per cent or 919,023 cases are currently active. Recovery rate has crossed the 84 per cent, with over 5.66 million people have beaten the infection. The death toll has crossed 100,000.

Here are some insights on the spread of the virus:

1. India witnessed a huge drop in new cases