Drop in Covid cases, deaths

India

on Saturday reported lesser Covid-19 cases and deaths while the Health Ministry claimed unprecedented record in testing more than 20 crore people, though it was not even 15% of the total population as 85% of over 138 crore have not been tested. The new cases recorded in the past 24 hours were 11,713 as against the recovery of 14,488. There were 95 deaths in 24 hours, 40 of them in Maharashtra, 19 in Kerala, 8 in Chhattisgarh and single digit deaths in 16 other states and Union Territories.