COVID-19 has been running in headlines again with average daily cases overarching 4000. 

As a result, the central government has advised states to ramp up testing. 

About 23 states and UTs gave testing rates less than the current national average of 100 tests per million people. 

With the latest advisory, MoHFW has asked states to also rampup the share of RT-PCR, as it's a more accurate test. 

Vaccination has to be stepped-up for the vulnerable population as well as identifying emerging hotspots and mock drills of hospital infrastructure to be done. 

Most cases are being reported from Maharashtra and Delhi, followed by Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Haryana.