Covid-19: Highest-ever single-day spike in India with 2,17,353 fresh cases

India on Friday reported a record single-day rise of more than 2.17 lakh Covid-19 cases pushing India's total tally to 1.43 crore. In another grim milestone, the country added one million cases to its total tally in record six days, the fastest million added to the tally since the outbreak.

On April 10, India's cumulative Covid-19 cases stood at 13,205,926 cases which soared to 14,291,927 cases on April 16, an addition of 1,086,001 cases.