As death toll spirals, corpses wait in 20-hour queues for last rites at Delhi crematoriums
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Last Updated: Apr 27, 2021, 05:01 PM IST
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By official count, 3,601 people have died this month, of them 2,267 in the last seven days alone in the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic which is terrorising and tormenting the city. In all of February, the death toll was 57, and in March 117.
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spirals, corpses wait in 20-hour queues for last rites at Delhi
Under the high tin roof, 50 funeral pyres burned fiercely on Tuesday, the hot air filled with smoke, fine ash and muted sobs of shell-shocked famlies.
As death toll spirals, 20-hour queues for last rites at Delhi crematoriums
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Representative Image ANI | Updated: Apr 28, 2021 02:24 IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): Delhi reported 24,149 new COVID-19 cases and 381 deaths on Tuesday, the highest single-day toll for the national capital since the outbreak of the pandemic.
This is the sixth consecutive day the metropolis has seen daily fatalities of over 300.
A Delhi Health Department bulletin said the total coronavirus cases count in the city has gone up to 10,72,065 and the death toll has gone up to 15,009. The positivity rate in Delhi is 32.72 per cent and the case fatality rate is 1.40 per cent.
The city now has 98,264 active cases, which is also the highest.