Editorji Espresso: Record spike in daily cases, ICMR swings into action

India's Covid-19 tally has now crossed 4.5 lakh cases, with a record spike of 15,698 cases in 24 hours. Maharashtra has recorded 1.39 lakh coronavirus cases alone while cases in Delhi has crossed the 66,000-mark. Delhi's everyday increase is higher than Maharashtra. Meanwhile, in a bid to boost testing, ICMR has asked hospitals and PSUs to conduct antibody tests on their employees. All private labs will be given access to rapid antigen tests and they will have to be conducted in all containment zones. Watch @editorji's morning news wrap for the latest headlines.