New Delhi, April 9: India registered a record single-day spike of 1,31,968 new Covid-19 cases during the last 24 hours.

The infection tally reached at 1,30,60,542 on Friday with detection of the fresh cases, the Union Health Ministry data showed.

The death toll increased to 1,67,642 after 780 deaths due to the disease in the last 24 hours.