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India records more than 200,000 daily COVID-19 cases as hospitals battle shortages of beds and oxygen
India has reported a record 200,000 new daily COVID-19 cases, with the financial hub of Mumbai going into lockdown and hospitals treating coronavirus patients reporting severe shortages of beds and oxygen supplies.
Key points:
- India’s daily death toll was 1,038, taking the total to 173,123
- Cases reached 14.1 million, second only to the United States
- Hospitals are being overwhelmed, amid warnings this wave is deadlier than the one before
The surge was the seventh record daily increase in the last eight days.
India is battling a massive second wave of infections, centred on the economically significant state of Maharashtra, home to Mumbai.
The western state accounts for about a quarter of the country’s total cases.
Figures released by the…
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