India sees single-day spike of 70k+ Covid cases

India registered a record number of fresh Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, crossing the 70K-mark for the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic. With 70,101 new cases, the country’s tally crossed the 28-lakh mark at 28,33,015. With 978 fresh deaths, the country’s cumulative toll reached 53,929. Maharashtra became the first state to record more than 13k new cases in a day.