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Manjunath Kiran / AFP via Getty Images Originally published on May 9, 2021 2:27 am India reported its highest daily death toll — 4,187 people — on Saturday, weeks into the world's worst wave of coronavirus cases that's leaving people without lifesaving hospital beds, oxygen and drugs. In all, nearly 240,000 people in India are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, with reported infections topping 21 million. It's a bitter turn for India, which had managed to see cases decline over the winter. But by late March, a second wave swelled and now is ripping relentlessly through the count...

May 9, 2021 at 7:00 am PUNE, India — Mohanish Ellitam watched helplessly as his 49-year-old mother’s oxygen levels dipped dangerously and she gasped for air. “I could see her stomach rising and falling,” Ellitam said. “I was so scared.” Watching his mother’s health deteriorate, Ellitam knew he couldn’t wait any longer. But in Shevgaon, a small town in the state of Maharashtra, health care facilities were limited and already overwhelmed with people suffering from COVID-19. He frantically called friends, family and almost everyone on his contact list with connections to the reg...

India Sees Deadliest Day Of Pandemic With COVID-19 Deaths Topping 4,000 By Amy Held  May 8, 2021 India reported its highest daily death toll — 4,187 people — on Saturday, weeks into the world’s worst wave of coronavirus cases that’s leaving people without lifesaving hospital beds, oxygen and drugs. In all, nearly 240,000 people in India are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, with reported infections topping 21 million. It’s a bitter turn for India, which had managed to see cases decline over the winter. But by late March, a second wave swelled and now is ripping relentlessly th...

Manjunath Kiran / AFP via Getty Images India reported its highest daily death toll — 4,187 people — on Saturday, weeks into the world's worst wave of coronavirus cases that's leaving people without lifesaving hospital beds, oxygen and drugs. In all, nearly 240,000 people in India are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, with reported infections topping 21 million. It's a bitter turn for India, which had managed to see cases decline over the winter. But by late March, a second wave swelled and now is ripping relentlessly through the country, with around 400,000 new cases and more th...

India Doctor Says Overcrowded ER Makes It “Nearly Impossible to Walk” The world continues to watch in agony as India wrestles with the worst outbreak of COVID-19 on record since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The country reported more than 400,000 positive cases on Wednesday alone.  Dr. Sumit Ray is the Chief of Critical Care at The Holy Family Hospital New Delhi, which is currently at 140% capacity. The corridors in the ER are now so crowded that it’s hard to walk. Peeking Behind the Curtain Dr. Ray says he and his staff are dealing with a crisis unlike any other. They have ha...