Patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) get treatment at the casualty ward in Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) hospital, amidst the spread of the disease in New Delhi, India April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Covering the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic as it tore through Indian cities, towns and villages was overwhelming at times. Patients died at home, in their cars on the way to hospital and outside emergency wards because there were no beds for them.
India has recorded more than 28 million coronavirus cases, and daily new cases sometimes exceeded 400,000, although by Thursday, June 3, that had come down to around 135,000.
By Danish Siddiqui NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Covering the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic as it tore through Indian cities, towns and villages was.
By Danish Siddiqui
NEW DELHI, June 4 (Reuters) - Covering the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic as it tore through Indian cities, towns and villages was overwhelming at times.
Patients died at home, in their cars on the way to hospital and outside emergency wards because there were no beds for them.
India has recorded more than 28 million coronavirus cases, and daily new cases sometimes exceeded 400,000, although by Thursday, June 3, that had come down to around 135,000.
On a per capita basis its COVID-19 death toll is relatively low, but deaths were rising while in Europe and the United States they are in decline.
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Over 300 cases of black fungus in Delhi
Cases of black fungus have been rising in Delhi amid the second wave of Covid-19. The national capital has reported as many as 300 cases of black fungus. Although the Covid cases are on the decline, the rising cases of black fungus in Covid patients have become a serious concern for the authorities.
According to the government data, dedicated centres for the treatment of fungal infection or mucormycosis have been set up. About 15 hospitals in the national capital are treating patients with mucormycosis or black fungus.
The Delhi government-run Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital in Shahdara have reported 36 more cases of black fungus in a day.