Covid-19 has devastated Europe with other European countries like Italy and France recording 2,732 and 2,265 positive cases per million. Even the United States has close to 2,000 (1,946 to be exact) cases per million, as per the health ministry data. As the number of Covid-19 cases increased, the Centre proactively ramped up testing for the disease. The health ministry said that India has tested 2,17,554 people as the figure crossed 10,000, next only to Canada which has tested 2,95,065 people in the same category. The total number of Covid-19 positive cases reached 12,380 on Thursday, according to the Union Health Ministry.

Source: Hindustan Times April 16, 2020 09:05 UTC