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By Neha Arora, Shilpa Jamkhandikar 6 Min Read (Adds comment from doctor at Delhi hospital) NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, April 29 (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 show for its highest number of deaths in a single day since the start of the pandemic. The world’s second most populous nati...

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...

Posted: Apr 29, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 29 Relatives of a COVID-19 patient who died mourn outside a government hospital in Ahmedabad, India, on Tuesday. Coronavirus cases in India are surging faster than anywhere else in the world, and many people are turning to social media to find medical supplies for loved ones.(Ajit Solanki/The Associated Press) The frantic calls for life-saving oxygen or the antiviral drug remdesivir come fast and furious on social media, as India grapples with a deepening COVID-19 crisis and dwindling medical supplies. "My aunt has serious breathing issue ...

Advertisement 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. Credit:AP The world’s second most...

  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...