India surpasses 200,000 COVID deaths amid record spike: Live news
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India reports record 3,293 deaths and 362,902 new cases in past 24 hours as rising infections overwhelm its hospitals.
India has surpassed the grim milestone of more than 200,000 deaths caused by the COVID-19 disease as a devastating second wave of infections overwhelms the South Asian nation. The record surge has choked the country’s under-funded healthcare system, with hospitals reporting a shortage of medical oxygen and beds. Even crematoriums are running out of space, with funerals held in parking lots, and parks turned into temporary cremation grounds. The World Health Organization says a variant of COVID-19 feared to be contributing to a surge in coronavirus cases in India has been found in at least 17 countries.
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