The health ministry said there were 2,074 fatalities on Thursday, a new record for the country, but believed to be vastly under-reported
* India's health infrastructure has been brought to its knees by a second wave three times higher than the first
* Medics believe a new variant is more infectious and has seen Britain put the country on its 'red list'
* India thought it had seen off the worst of the pandemic, re-opening with Hindu festivals and cricket matches
* But now cities are on lockdown again, anti-viral drugs like redesivir are being sold on a flourishing black market and oxygen cylinders are being looted, with tankers given armed escorts to transport supplies
* While India's infections have risen higher than any other country in the world, deaths are conspicuously low
* News reports from states of Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar reveal that while at least 1,833 people died of coronavirus recently, based on the number of cremations, just 228 have been officially tallied
India's Covid death toll could be ten times higher than is being officially reported, according to analysis of the numbers being burned in crematoriums.
Another 314,835 infections were reported on Thursday, the world record for a daily cases figure, while the health ministry said there were 2,074 fatalities.
India's health infrastructure has been brought to its knees by a second wave which is three times higher than the first, with medics pointing to a new variant believed to be more infectious.
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India posts world record COVID cases with oxygen running out -- Reuters
India reports global record of 314,000 new coronavirus cases, the world's biggest single-day rise -- ABC News (Australia)
India hits global record of 315,000 new daily cases as Covid wave worsens -- The Guardian
Covid: India sees world's highest daily cases amid oxygen shortage -- BBC
Coronavirus digest: India records world's highest daily rise in infections -- DW
India sets world record for new Covid cases with 314k infections -- NBC
India sets COVID daily case world record -- Axios
Oxygen shortages compound death toll as India confronts Covid-19 surge -- France 24
India’s COVID ’emergency’ amid record jump in virus infections -- Al Jazeera
Covid-19: India’s response to second wave is warning to other countries -- The Guardian
EXPLAINER: Why India is shattering global infection records -- AP
Covid-19 in India: Why second coronavirus wave is devastating -- Vikas Pandey & Shadab Nazmi, BBC
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