INDIA recorded more than 4,000 coronavirus deaths in a day for the first time yesterday, with more states imposing lockdowns in a desperate bid to halt the devastating new surge.
The 4,187 new deaths took India’s overall toll to 238,270 since the pandemic started. It added 401,078 new cases in 24 hours taking its caseload to nearly 21.9 million – second only to the United States.
Experts, who have expressed doubts about the official death toll, say the new wave may not hit a peak until the end of May. There have been mounting calls for tough nationwide measures to stem the tide of cases. – May 9, 2021.
Aerial picture shows burning pyres of Covid victims on cremation grounds in New Delhi. – AFP pic, May 9, 2021.A coronavirus patient breathes with the help of a respirator donated by a Sikh gurdwara, in a tent by the roadside, in Ghaziabad. – AFP pic, May 9, 2021.The sick are tended to in a tent by the roadside amid a raging Covid-19 outbreak in Ghaziabad. – AFP pic, May 9, 2021.Workers arrange for oxygen cylinders to be despatched to hospitals in need of them for Covid-19 patients, on the outskirts of Amritsar. – AFP pic, May 9, 2021.A man stands next to the burning pyres of victims who died of the Covid-19 coronavirus at a cremation ground in New Delhi, as India's total Covid caseload soared past 20 million. – AFP pic, May 9, 2021.A family member offers prayers at the cremation ceremony of a loved one who died of the coronavirus, in Allahabad. – AFP pic, May 9, 2021.A patient breathes with the help of oxygen provided by a Gurdwara, a place of worship for Sikhs, under a tent installed along the roadside amid Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic in Ghaziabad. - AFP pic, May 9, 2021.Health workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) suits attend Covid-19 coronavirus patients inside a centre of the Commonwealth Games village temporarily converted into a Covid care facility, in New Delhi. - AFP pic, May 9, 2021.
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