Here’s how Microsoft is helping India with its COVID-19 catastrophe May 5, 2021 at 8:48 am To alleviate India’s severe oxygen shortage, Microsoft worked with the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum to provide oxygen concentration devices to healthcare facilities in India. The first arrived last week. (FedEx Photo via Microsoft) With several thousand employees across 11 locations in India, and many more employees in other countries with families in India, Microsoft is acutely aware of the devastation sweeping the country during a second wave of coronavirus infections. NPR reported Tuesday that India now has more than 20 million reported coronavirus infections and nearly 3.5 million people who are actively being treated for COVID-19. CBS News reported that the disease has killed 120 people an hour on average over the last two weeks.