India records over 400,000 new cases, 3,980 deaths
India has reported more than 400,000 coronavirus new infections over the last 24 hours, while the number of dead from the virus rose to a record 3,980.
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The health ministry data showed this on Thursday. Stating that the massivea wave of infections since April has pushed India’s healthcare system to the brink, with people begging for oxygen cylinders and hospital beds on social media and news channels.
Bodies have been piling up at cremation grounds and in graveyards, with relatives waiting for hours to carry out the last rites.
Authorities are scrambling to add more beds, sending oxygen from one corner of the country to another and scaling up the manufacturing of the few drugs effective against COVID-19.
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