Top: A relative of a person who died of COVID-19 is consoled by another during cremation in Jammu, India, Sunday, April 25, 2021. | Bottom: A relative of a person who died of COVID-19 reacts at a crematorium in Jammu, India, on April 25, 2021. Delhi has been cremating so many bodies of coronavirus victims that authorities are getting requests to start cutting down trees in city parks, as a second record surge has brought India's tattered healthcare system to its knees.
Altaf Qadri, AP | PUNIT PARANJPE, AFP via Getty Images | Right: People line up to receive a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Mumbai, India on Tuesday.
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India's medical oxygen shortage has become so dire that this gurdwara began offering free breathing sessions with shared tanks to COVID-19 patients waiting for a hospital bed. Left: A patient breathes with the help of oxygen provided by a Gurdwara, Sikh place of worship, inside a car in New Delhi, India, Saturday, April 24, 2021. | Bottom: People line up to receive a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Mumbai, India on Tuesday. Top: A patient breathes with the help of oxygen provided by a Gurdwara, Sikh place of worship, inside a car in New Delhi, India, Saturday, April 24, 2021. in the top spot with more than 32 million confirmed cases since last year. India now holds the second-highest COVID-19 case count in the world - more than 18 million - since the pandemic started, with the U.S. That same day, 3,645 COVID-related deaths were also recorded. India recorded 379,308 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. As this new wave sweeps the nation of more than 1 billion, hospitals are running out of oxygen tanks and room to house patients.Īnd the COVID-19 death count keeps climbing, to the point where authorities are holding mass cremations. In this aerial picture taken on Monday, burning pyres of victims who lost their lives due to the coronavirus are seen at a cremation ground in New Delhi, India.Įditor's note: Images used in this story depict mass cremations and may be difficult for readers to look through.ĬOVID-19 cases are growing exponentially in India.
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