Indian coronavirus cases surge again as health system founders

A mass cremation of victims who died due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), is seen at a crematorium ground in New Delhi

* India reports world's highest infection tally for second day * Hospital fire kills 13 in Mumbai * Officials issue desperate calls for oxygen * Some hospital close to new patients India reported the world's highest daily tally of coronavirus cases for the second day on Friday, surpassing 330,000 new cases, as it struggles with a health system overwhelmed by patients and plagued by accidents. Deaths in the past 24 hours also jumped to a record 2,263, the health ministry said, while officials across northern and western India, including the capital, New Delhi, warned most hospitals were full and running out of oxygen. The spike in cases came as a fire in a hospital in a suburb of Mumbai treating Covid-19 patients killed 13 people on Friday, the latest accident to hit a facility in India crowded with people infected with the coronavirus.