Posted4/28/2021 5:05 AM
Last weekend, Namrata Khare lost three extended family members to the COVID-19 illness rampaging throughout India.
Khare, of Palatine, has family members across the Uttar Pradesh region -- the epicenter of a second wave of the pandemic.
"You feel so helpless. There is only so much that you can do from here," said Khare, 54, an IT professional.
Like many suburban Indian Americans, Khare is trying to find ways to support people in her homeland through charities and with the help of elected officials here.
India has recorded more than 1 million COVID-19 cases in the last three days -- more than 17.6 million cases and nearly 200,000 deaths since the pandemic began. It reported 323,023 new cases Monday, Johns Hopkins University data shows.