From the United States of America saying that the nation closest to it in testing is India, to the Narendra Modi government revealing that less than 1.94% of India's active cases are in intensive care - here are the top ten news updates on the Covid-19 pandemic.
Actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her daughter Aaradhya had been admitted to hospital, days after they tested positive for Covid infection.
Abhishek and Amitabh Bachchan were earlier admitted too.
Human trials of India's vaccine candidate have begun in Haryana.
Watch the full video for the other updates on the spread of the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus.
