A Covid-19 patient at the emergency ward at Holy Family Hospital in Delhi
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Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
The devastation caused by the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic in India is being particularly felt in the capital. In Delhi, death and despair have maintained lockstep with the virus’s unrelenting spread.
Delhi on Thursday reported 24,235 infections and 395 official deaths, although reports from the city’s crematoriums suggest that the toll is much higher. Heart-rending pleas for oxygen cylinders and medical drugs fill social media. Whole families have fallen sick, leaving them unable to arrange for transport for their loved ones to hospitals or gather the resources needed to ensure home care.