April 25, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Indian authorities scrambled Saturday to get oxygen tanks to hospitals where COVID-19 patients were suffocating amid the world’s worst coronavirus surge, as the government came under increasing criticism for what doctors said was its negligence in the face of a foreseeable public health disaster.
For the third day in a row, India set a global daily record of new infections. The 346,786 confirmed cases over the past day brought India’s total to more than 16.8 million, behind only the United States. Over a million cases have been recorded in India over the past three days. The Health Ministry reported another 2,624 deaths in the past 24 hours, pushing India’s COVID-19 fatalities to 191,436. Experts say even those figures are likely an undercount. Currently, the active cases are 2.6 million.
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COVID-19: Indian PM Modi says country facing coronavirus storm as UK and other nations pledge urgent aid
On Sunday,
India reported 349,691 new cases, setting a global record for the fourth consecutive day and bringing its total to 16.96 million, second only to the
US.
One person is dying every four minutes in the capital of New Delhi, and the nationwide crisis has prompted offers of aid from the UK as well as the US, France and Germany.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a radio address: We were confident, our spirits were up after successfully tackling the first wave, but this storm has shaken the nation.
COVID-19: India records 349,691 new infections in another daily global record India has set a new global record for daily coronavirus infections - for the fourth day in a row.
Its health ministry reported 349,691 cases on Sunday, bringing the total to 16.96 million, second only to the US.
India first surpassed the
just under 315,000 new cases.
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The number of
coronavirus-related deaths in the latest 24-hour period is 2,767 - India s highest number so far. Total fatalities have now reached 192,311.
In the capital, New Delhi, one person is said to be dying of
India virus patients suffocate amid oxygen shortage in surge ckom.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ckom.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
COVID-19: UK to send ventilators to India as country faces oxygen crisis amid record coronavirus surge
Prime Minister
India as it struggles with its highest numbers of new daily
coronavirus cases to date since the pandemic began.
On Sunday - for the fourth day in a row - India set a
new global record for daily COVID infections.
India s health ministry reported 349,691 cases on Sunday, bringing the total to 16.96 million, second only to the
US.
The surge in cases has been accompanied by severe shortages of medical oxygen in some areas, with hospitals warning they could run out within hours.