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India Covid deaths: Crematoriums overflow with victims, with pyres burning through the night
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COVID-19: Overloaded, uninterrupted pyres force Delhi civic bodies to employ more cremationists in most crematoriums ANI | Updated: Apr 29, 2021 13:19 IST
By Joymala Bagchi
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): Amid rising COVID-19 cases and deaths in the national capital, all 26 crematoriums of Delhi are inundated with bodies and following the workload, most crematoriums have increased numbers of cremationists or helping hands to four, revising the existing capacity to at least thrice.
The multiplication of workers in the crematoriums in Delhi has been done to keep pace with the sudden surge in funeral pyres caused due to inconceivable gush in the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Delhi s crematoriums say they are cremating more than 600 bodies daily – double the official figure
From Esha Mitra in New Delhi Yevgeny Pakhomov/TASS via Getty Images
Delhi’s crematoriums have been cremating more than 600 bodies daily for the last week, the mayor of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) told CNN Wednesday.
The official death toll for Delhi has been just over 300 per day.
“Yes the reported deaths are about 300, but we are definitely having to cremate more than 600 daily, they are deliberately under-reporting deaths,” Jai Prakash, mayor of NDMC, said.
On Monday, Delhi cremated 631 bodies and had 22 burials, according to data from Delhi’s three municipal corporations.
Nepal orders 20,000 oxygen cylinders as Covid-19 cases surge
From journalist Asha Thapa in Kathmandu
Nepal has recorded 4,897 new daily Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, as the country faces a pandemic surge.
Nepal’s Ministry of Health on Tuesday called on all doctors and health workers on leave to report back to work immediately to help deal with the increase in cases.
The spokesperson of the Ministry of Health and Population, Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, told reporters on Wednesday that demand for oxygen had increased threefold in the last week.
He added that Nepal was sourcing 20,000 oxygen cylinders from abroad to deal with the country’s limited supply.
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