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India is now the centre of a viral storm that is the worst in the world, ITV News Correspondent Dan Rivers reports
India has reported a global record of more than 314,000 new Covid-19 infections in a day, as the country struggles with a shortage of hospital beds and oxygen.
The country recorded 314,835 more infections on Thursday, bringing its total past 15.9 million cases since the pandemic began. This is the second highest total in the world next to the United States.
Meanwhile, Covid deaths rose by 2,104, bringing its death toll to 184,657, according to the country s Health Ministry. But experts believe the actual number of deaths is higher than the official figure.
NEW DELHI: India reported a global record of more than 314,000 new infections Thursday as a grim coronavirus surge in the world’s second-most populous country sends more and more sick people into a fragile health care system critically short of hospital beds and oxygen.
The 314,835 infections added in the past 24 hours raise India’s total past 15.9 million cases since the pandemic began. It’s the second-highest total in the world next to the United States. India has nearly 1.4 billion people.
Fatalities rose by 2,104 in the past 24 hours, raising India’s overall death toll to 184,657, the Health Ministry said.
A large number of hospitals are reporting acute shortages of beds and medicine and are running on dangerously low levels of oxygen.
Low on beds, oxygen, India adds global high 314K virus cases
ASHOK SHARMA, Associated Press
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1of14Multiple funeral pyres of those patients who died of COVID-19 disease are seen burning at a ground that has been converted into a crematorium for mass cremation of coronavirus victims, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, April 21, 2021.APShow MoreShow Less
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New Delhi | India posted the worldâs biggest one-day jump in coronavirus cases, with infections surging beyond 300,000 on Thursday as the countryâs deadlier second wave shows no signs of abating.
The South Asian nation, which has the second-largest outbreak globally, reported 314,835 new infections, pushing the total to almost 16 million cases. The United States, the worst-hit country, saw a peak of 314,312 cases on December 21 and has only reported more than 300,000 infections on two days since the onset of the pandemic.
Ambulances are seen rushing from one hospital to another, trying to find an empty bed in New Delhi.Â
India Marks Global Record Rise In COVID-19 Cases For A Day: 314,000
New Delhi India reported a global record of more than 314,000 new infections Thursday as a grim coronavirus surge in the world s second-most populous country sends more and more sick people into a fragile health care system critically short of hospital beds and oxygen.
The 314,835 infections added in the past 24 hours raise India s total past 15.9 million cases since the pandemic began. It s the second-highest total in the world next to the United States, which has roughly double that with nearly 32 million, according to Johns Hopkins University. India has nearly 1.4 billion people.