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Photos show the deadly toll of Covid in India as coronavirus cases top 17 million
PUBLISHED MON, APR 26 202110:08 AM EDTUPDATED MON, APR 26 20217:41 PM EDT
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- India has reported a record number of coronavirus cases for the fifth day in a row, with a second wave pushing its health-care system to the brink.
- There were some 352,991 new cases of Covid-19 reported in the last 24 hours, seeing India’s total number of infections top 17 million, with 5 million cases counted in April alone.
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India has reported a record number of coronavirus cases for the fifth day in a row, with a second wave pushing its health-care system to the brink.
There were some 352,991 new cases of Covid-19 reported in the last 24 hours, seeing India’s total number of infections top 17 million, with 5 million cases counted in April alone. At least 2,182 people have died from the virus in the last 24 hours, taking the South Asian nation’s death toll to over 195,000, though
media reports indicate the official figure is being understated.
Before the second wave, India was reporting an average of around 10,000 new cases a day. Its government has been criticized for allowing religious festivals and election rallies to go ahead this year.
India’s hospitals have run out of beds and are suffering an extreme shortage of oxygen to treat patients.
A patient sits inside an ambulance waiting to enter a Covid hospital for treatment
A patient with breathing problem is seen inside an ambulance waiting to enter a COVID-19 hospital for treatment, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ahmedabad, India, April 20, 2021.
Amit Dave | Reuters
A man runs past the burning funeral pyres of those who died from Covid
A man runs past the burning funeral pyres of those who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during a mass cremation, at a crematorium in New Delhi, India April 26, 2021.
Adnan Abidi | Reuters
A man prepares a funeral pyre to cremate a body
A man prepares a funeral pyre to cremate the body of a person, who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a crematorium ground in New Delhi, India, April 22, 2021.
Danish Siddiqui | Reuters
Medical staff attends to a person in a temporary care center
Medical staff in PPE attending to a person in the temporary Covid-19 care centre attached to LNJP Hospital, at Shehnai Banquet Hall, on April 23, 2021 in New Delhi, India.
Raj K Raj | Hindustan Times | Getty Images
A man wearing an outfit resembling the Covid virus moves around a marketplace urging people to follow safety protocols
A man from a Non-governmental organization (NGO) wearing an outfit resembling the Covid-19 coronavirus moves around a marketplace urging people to follow the safety protocols during an awareness drive held in Siliguri on April 25, 2021.
Diptendu Dutta | AFP | Getty Images
A worker disinfects nozzles of oxygen cylinders as they are refilled in a factory
A worker disinfects nozzles of oxygen cylinders as they are refilled in a factory, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ahmedabad, India, April 25, 2021.
Amit Dave | Reuters
Umar Farooq mourns over the body of his mother, who died of Covid, before her burial at a graveyard in Srinagar
Umar Farooq mourns over to the body of his mother, who died of Covid-19 coronavirus, before her burial at a graveyard in Srinagar on April 26, 2021.
Tauseef Mustafa | AFP | Getty Images
People wait to cremate those who died due to the coronavirus in New Delhi
People wait to cremate victims who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a crematorium ground in New Delhi, India, April 23, 2021.
Danish Siddiqui | Reuters
A doctor tends to a patient’s breathing problem inside an ambulance as she waits to enter a Covid hospital
A doctor tends to a patient with a breathing problem inside an ambulance waiting to enter a COVID-19 hospital for treatment, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ahmedabad, India, April 25, 2021.
Amit Dave | Reuters
People wearing protective face masks wait to receive a vaccine in Mumbai
People wearing protective face masks wait to receive a vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a vaccination centre in Mumbai, India, April 26, 2021.
Niharika Kulkarni | Reuters