India reports almost 40,000 Covid cases, highest spike since early December
India on Friday reported a sudden spurt of 39,726 new coronavirus infections , the highest single day rise recorded so far this year, taking the nationwide COVID-19 tally of cases to 1,15,14,331,according to Union Health Ministry data. This is also the highest single-day spike in India since early December. The new cases were reported Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, among other states.