Record COVID cases in India as world grapples with virus: Live

Hospitals struggle with empty oxygen cylinders and shortage of beds as second wave of virus surges through India.

India recorded more than 314,000 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday – a world record for a daily count in a single country. The world’s second-most populous country is battling a brutal second wave of the coronavirus, amid a faltering health care system that is running out of hospital beds and oxygen tanks. More than three million people worldwide have died from the coronavirus pandemic, while at least 143 million other cases have been reported.