Coronavirus update: India reports close to 1.70 lakh cases in new high, active tally past 12 lakh

As many as 1,68,912 more people tested positive for Covid-19 across the country in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative caseload to 1,35,27,717, said the Union health ministry on Monday morning.

This is the biggest spike in new cases India has seen so far. The country has been reporting over one lakh cases since Wednesday last week.