India reports COVID-19 records again: 349,691 cases, 2,761 deaths
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An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard near temporary barricade during curfew in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, on Sunday. The government imposed curfew on Saturday from 8 p.m. until 6 a.m. Monday in an effort to control the spread of coronavirus. Photo by Farooq Khan/EPA-EFE
April 25 (UPI) -- As nations generally are controlling the coronavirus pandemic with restrictions and ramped-up vaccinations, India is bucking the trend with record-setting, exponential increased deaths and cases.
The Asian nation with the world's second-largest population, 1.4 billion, broke the world record for most infections in one day, including 349,691 Sunday. And India has set records for most deaths in the country with 2,761 in the past 24 hours.
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(Bloomberg) -- Rodolpho Sousa, a 28-year-old Brazilian lawyer, had been working from home near Rio de Janeiro when, in late February, one of his clients was jailed. Covid was hitting the prison and he was worried about her, less about himself. He went there to get her out.
His cough started a few days later and wouldn’t quit. He went to an emergency clinic where, his lungs down to half their capacity, he was diagnosed with Covid. In the two days he waited for a hospital transfer, he was witness to an infernal scene -- patients his age dying on either side of him.
BRASILIA (BLOOMBERG) - Mr Rodolpho Sousa, a 28-year-old Brazilian lawyer, had been working from home near Rio de Janeiro when, in late February, one of his clients was jailed.
Covid-19 was hitting the prison and he was worried about her, less about himself. He went there to get her out.
His cough started a few days later and wouldn't quit. He went to an emergency clinic, where, his lungs down to half their capacity, he was diagnosed with Covid-19. In the two days he waited for a hospital transfer, he was witness to an infernal scene - patients his age dying on either side of him.
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