According to government statistics, eight states that report maximum new deaths.

Key points:

1.  Maharashtra had the highest number of new fatalities, with 89 deaths recorded on Sunday.
2. India continues to be among the lowest deaths per million people worldwide, too.
3. India has been performing one million tests to detect Covid-19 in a single day.
4. Eight states are registering most of the regular deaths associated with India’s coronavirus disease (Covid-19).

Eight states are registering most of the regular deaths associated with India’s coronavirus disease (Covid-19), government statistics show. 

With 444 new deaths recorded on Sunday from across the nation, the nation’s total number of people who have succumbed to viral disease has touched 137,173.

Haryana, Punjab, Kerala, Delhi, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh as well as Rajasthan are reported to account for about 71 per cent of the latest Covid-19 deaths.

Maharashtra the highest number of fatalities:

Maharashtra had the highest number of new fatalities, with 89 deaths recorded on Sunday. With 68 deaths, Delhi is closely followed, and West Bengal has recorded 54 deaths. Of the eight states, the majority of the deaths due to Covid-19 are currently recorded by these three states.

22 states showing the fatality rate: 

Also, the case fatality rate (CFR) indicates at least 22 states, which is the number of people dying from the total number of positive cases registered, less than the national average that has fallen to 1.45 per cent at the moment.

India’s CFR has been declining gradually. It has now come down to 1.45 per cent from the national CFR of about 1.98 per cent around three months ago in August.

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in his tweet:

India continues to be among the lowest deaths per million people worldwide, too. On Monday morning, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare tweeted: “Focused measures to ensure a low and manageable mortality rate have resulted in daily mortality figures of less than 500.”

India has also expanded its Covid-19 testing capacity substantially, with the number of tests per million population recently reaching the 100,000 marks.

One million tests in a single day in India:

On average, for at least three months, India has been performing one million tests to detect Covid-19 in a single day. 

To date, 2,165 laboratories across the country have been approved to conduct the tests by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), which spearheads India’s Covid-19 testing initiative.

Out of all these laboratories, the government sector has 1,175 laboratories, and the private sector has 990.