India registers fresh high of 126,789 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours, tally at 12,928,574

A customer buys face masks with the resurgence of COVID-19 cases in Agartala, the capital city of India's northeastern state Tripura, April 8, 2021. As many as 126,789 new COVID-19 cases were registered in the past 24 hours in India, according to the official data released by the federal health ministry on Thursday. The latest single-day spike, highest so far, took the total tally to 12,928,574. (Str/Xinhua)