India grieves 200,000 dead with many more probably uncounted
By SHEIKH SAALIQ, KRUTIKA PATHI and ANIRUDDHA GHOSALApril 28, 2021 GMT
NEW DELHI (AP) Three days after his coronavirus symptoms appeared, Rajendra Karan struggled to breathe. Instead of waiting for an ambulance, his son drove him to a government hospital in Lucknow, the capital of India’s largest state.
But the hospital wouldn’t let him in without a registration slip from the district’s chief medical officer. By the time the son got it, his father had died in the car, just outside the hospital doors.
“My father would have been alive today if the hospital had just admitted him instead of waiting for a piece of paper,” Rohitas Karan said.
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A municipal official, right in blue, reprimands a restaurant owner, in white for not adhering to guidelines during a lockdown imposed due to rising number of COVID-19 cases in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. As per the guidelines dine in is prohibited and only take aways are allowed. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) April 28, 2021 - 5:43 PM
NEW DELHI - Three days after his coronavirus symptoms appeared, Rajendra Karan struggled to breathe. Instead of waiting for an ambulance, his son drove him to a government hospital in Lucknow, the capital of Indiaâs largest state.
But the hospital wouldnât let him in without a registration slip from the districtâs chief medical officer. By the time the son got it, his father had died in the car, just outside the hospital doors.
India grieves 200,000 dead, with likely many more uncounted
By SHEIKH SAALIQ, KRUTIKA PATHI and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL The Associated Press,Updated April 28, 2021, 8:25 a.m.
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Relatives, friends and graveyard workers prepared to lower the body of a coronavirus victim during the burial at a graveyard in New Delhi on Wednesday.SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images
NEW DELHI (AP) â Three days after his coronavirus symptoms appeared, Rajendra Karan struggled to breathe. Instead of waiting for an ambulance, his son drove him to a government hospital in Lucknow, the capital of Indiaâs largest state of Uttar Pradesh. But the hospital wouldnât let him in without a registration slip from the districtâs chief medical officer. By the time the son got it, his father had died in the car, just outside the hospital doors.
India Death Toll From COVID-19 Tops 200,000 As Devastating Surge Overwhelms Health System
The country also reported 362,757 new infections, a new global record, which raised the overall total past 17.9 million.
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NEW DELHI (AP) India crossed a grim milestone Wednesday of 200,000 people lost to the coronavirus as a devastating surge of new infections tears through dense cities and rural areas alike and overwhelms health care systems on the brink of collapse.
The health ministry reported a single-day record 3,293 COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing India’s total fatalities to 201,187, as the world’s second most populous country endures its darkest chapter of the pandemic yet.
FILE - In this April 24, 2021, file photo, multiple funeral pyres of those who died of COVID-19 burn at a ground that has been converted into a crematorium for the mass cremation of coronavirus victims, in New Delhi, India. India crossed a grim milestone Wednesday, April 28, 2021 of 200,000 people lost to the coronavirus as a devastating surge of new infections tears through dense cities and rural areas alike and overwhelms health care systems on the brink of collapse. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File) Photo: Associated Press
By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press
NEW DELHI (AP) India crossed a grim milestone Wednesday of 200,000 people lost to the coronavirus as a devastating surge of new infections tears through dense cities and rural areas alike and overwhelms health care systems on the brink of collapse.