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The day India declared the pandemic defeated was a Monday in early February. But in Cyrus Dubah s Mumbai apartment, the second wave had just begun. «The credit to win this war goes to the people of India, not an individual or any government. But the credit does go to India,» Prime Minister Narendra Modi told parliament. In Dubah s home, meanwhile, his mother was sick with COVID-19. So was his father, and his brother. The pandemic that for a year seemed so far away had arrived at Dubah s apartment in Mumbai s best neighborhood – India s richest man lives just 300 meters away.
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April 21, 2021
India reported 295,041 cases of coronavirus and 2,023 deaths Wednesday, its highest rise in cases and highest death increase recorded in a single day since the beginning of the pandemic, according to figures from the Indian health ministry. Courtesy file photo
NEW DELHI Healthcare and other essential services across India are close to collapse as a second coronavirus wave that started in mid-March tears through the country with devastating speed.
Graveyards are running out of space, hospitals are turning away patients, and desperate families are pleading for help on social media for beds and medicine.
India reported 295,041 cases of coronavirus and 2,023 deaths Wednesday, its highest rise in cases and highest death increase recorded in a single day since the beginning of the pandemic, according to figures from the Indian health ministry.