Covid-19 Factoid: UK sets benchmark for testing; India needs to do better

India has so far tested around 12 million samples, but its number of tests per 1 million of population, at 8,553, is among the lowest

The global confirmed case count has crossed the13 million-mark, of which 7.6 million people have recovered from the virus while 572,272 patients have succumbed to the virus.

In India, the cases tally is nearing 900,000 cases, the third-highest in the world. The number of active cases in the country is now over 300,000 and 23,174 people have lost their lives in the country till now due to coronavirus. 

Here are some data points on the spread of the pandemic:

#1. The UK has the highest testing density among top ten most-affected countries

The UK has so far conducted almost 12