India COVID cases near 20 million, UK to send more aid: Live news

With 368,147 cases over past 24 hours, India’s total infections now stand at 19.93 million while deaths rise by 3,417.

With more than 300,000 daily cases reported for nearly two weeks now, India is battling a ferocious second wave of the coronavirus that has overwhelmed its fragile and under-funded healthcare system. Hospitals have filled to capacity, medical oxygen supplies have run short, and morgues and crematoriums have been swamped. The eastern state of Odisha and northern industrial state Haryana became the latest to announce new lockdowns, joining Delhi, Maharashtra, Karnataka and West Bengal.