India witnessed a massive spike of over 1 lakh Covid-19 cases, as per the data released by the Union health ministry on Friday. The new Omicron variant is believed to be behind this exponential rise. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that a record 9.5 million Covid-19 cases were tallied over the last week. Delhi on Friday recorded 17,335 fresh Covid cases, the highest single-day rise since May 8, and nine deaths, while Maharashtra detected 41000 cases in a day. Watch this video.