As the country continues to battle the Coronavirus Pandemic with the total no. of cases soaring past 66 lakh mark, The Finance Ministry on Sunday said that it is possible that India passed its COVID-19 peak in September as the number of daily cases has significantly decreased in the past one week. India witnessed a single day spike of 74,442 new infections and 903 deaths in the last 24 hours Ministry's monthly report highlighted that Data for the 14-day period from September 17 to 30 suggests that India may have crossed the peak of Covid-19 caseload. India is the second worst-hit country in the world by the pandemic after the United States.