India’s daily Covid-19 cases rise by record 346,786

For the second day running, India’s overnight infection total was higher than ever recorded anywhere in the world as it records 346,786 coronavirus new cases in the last 24 hours, while daily deaths from COVID-19 also jumped by a record.

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This was according to the data released by the health ministry as it showed deathsr by 2,624 to reach a total of 189,544.

India’s second wave has hit with such ferocity that hospitals are running out of oxygen, beds and anti-viral drugs. Many patients have been turned away because there was no space for them, doctors in Delhi said.

Ambulance sirens sounded throughout the day in the deserted streets of the capital, one of India’s worst hit cities, where a lockdown is in place to try and stem the transmission of the virus.

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