New Delhi, Jan 6: India saw a massive spike of 90,928 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the data revealed by the Union health ministry Thursday morning.
Also, 325 more people succumbed to the infection in a day, pushing the nationwide toll to 4,82,876.
Several states including Delhi, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Kerala are witnessing an exponential rise in Covid-19 cases.
Experts suggest that the new Omicron variant is behind this massive spike in cases.