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Multiple funeral pyres of those patients who died of covid-19 disease are seen burning at a ground that has been converted into a crematorium for mass cremation of coronavirus victims, in New Delhi, India.
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Relatives of covid-19 patients wait for refill of their oxygen cylinders in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, April 21, 2021.
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A metro train runs behind as a man wearing mask as a precaution against the coronavirus walks through a bridge in Kochi, Kerala state, India.
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Multiple funeral pyres of those patients who died of covid-19 disease are seen burning at a ground that has been converted into a crematorium for mass cremation of coronavirus victims, in New Delhi, India.
Low on beds and oxygen, India adds global high 314,000 new coronavirus cases
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India reported a global record of more than 314,000 new infections on Thursday as a grim coronavirus surge in the world s second-most populous country sends more and more sick people into a fragile health care system critically short of hospital beds and oxygen.
The 314,835 infections added in the past 24 hours raise India s total past 15.9 million cases since the pandemic began. It s the second-highest total in the world next to the United States. India has nearly 1.4 billion people.
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Multiple funeral pyres of those patients who died of COVID-19 disease are seen burning at a ground that has been converted into a crematorium for mass cremation of coronavirus victims, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, April 21.
NEW DELHI (AP) India reported a global record of more than 314,000 new infections Thursday as a grim coronavirus surge in the world’s second-most populous country sends more and more sick people into a fragile health care system critically short of hospital beds and oxygen.
The 314,835 infections added in the past 24 hours raise India’s total past 15.9 million cases since the pandemic began. It’s the second-highest total in the world next to the United States. India has nearly 1.4 billion people.
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Aditi Tandon
New Delhi, April 22
A major health emergency loomed over the national Capital on Thursday with several hospitals reporting exhaustion of medical oxygen. Health institutes, including Apollo, Fortis, Sir Ganga Ram and Shanti Mukund, sent an SOS to the government, forcing PM Narendra Modi to call an urgent review meeting.
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