India records highest single-day spike of 2.17 lakh Covid-19 cases

India has clocked a record 2,17,353 Covid-19 cases and 1,185 deaths due to infection in the past 24 hours, according to the Union health ministry, taking the caseload in the country to over 1.42 crore. India crossed the 2-lakh mark in the daily Covid-19 cases on Thursday, for the first time since the pandemic began in the country back in 2020.