India infections top 18 million as gravediggers work round the clock
By Alasdair Pal and Francis Mascarenhas
Reuters
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) -India s total COVID-19 cases passed 18 million on Thursday after another world record number of daily infections, as gravediggers worked around the clock to bury victims and hundreds more were cremated in makeshift pyres in parks and parking lots.
India reported 379,257 new infections and 3,645 new deaths on Thursday, health ministry data showed, the highest number of fatalities in a single day since the start of the pandemic.
The world s second most populous nation is in deep crisis, with hospitals and morgues overwhelmed.
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The US government told its citizens to leave India after the country reported another record number of daily infections and deaths on Thursday.
The country has confirmed 18.4 million Covid-19 cases and more than
204,000 deaths.
New cases rose globally for a ninth week as a surge in India outweighed declines in most regions, according to the World Health Organisation. India’s Covid outbreak is a humanitarian crisis, US Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren said on Twitter.
India’s COVID outbreak is a humanitarian crisis. I’m leading a letter to @moderna tx, @Pfizer, and @jnjnews to find out what steps they’re taking to expand global access to their vaccines to save lives and prevent variants from spreading around the world. https://t.co/d4qW6CkrBwpic.twitter.com/vhbUwGjHrr – Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren)
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New Delhi: India’s total COVID-19 cases have passed 18 million after another world record number of daily infections, as gravediggers work around the clock to bury victims and hundreds more are cremated in makeshift pyres in parks and parking lots.
India reported 379,257 new infections and 3645 new deaths on Thursday, local time, health ministry data showed, the highest number of fatalities in a single day since the start of the pandemic.
Municipal workers prepare to bury the body of a person who died of COVID-19 in Gauhati, India this week.
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The world’s second most populous nation is in deep crisis, with hospitals and morgues overwhelmed.
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI India s total COVID-19 cases passed 18 million on Thursday after another world record number of daily infections, as gravediggers worked around the clock to bury victims and hundreds more were cremated in makeshift pyres in parks and parking lots. India reported 379,257 new infections and 3,645 new deaths on Thursday, health ministry data showed, the highest number of fatalities in a single day since the start of the pandemic. The world s second most populous nation is in deep crisis, with hospitals and morgues overwhelmed. Mumbai gravedigger Sayyed Munir Kamruddin, 52, said he and his colleagues were working non-stop to bury victims.
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India has passed another daily world record on Thursday, passing 18 million Covid-19 cases.
The country reported 379 257 new infections and 3 645 deaths on Thursday.
Hospital beds that become available are immediately taken up.
India s total Covid-19 cases passed 18 million on Thursday after another world record number of daily infections, as gravediggers worked around the clock to bury victims and hundreds more were cremated in makeshift pyres in parks and parking lots.
India reported 379 257 new infections and 3,645 new deaths on Thursday, health ministry data showed, the highest number of fatalities in a single day since the start of the pandemic.