NEW DELHI – India recorded more than 320,000 new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 infection Tuesday.
The 323,144 new infections raised India’s total past 17.6 million, behind only the United States.
The health ministry also reported another 2,771 deaths in the past 24 hours, with roughly 115 Indians succumbing to the disease every hour.
The country of nearly 1.4 billion people is facing a chronic shortage of space on its intensive care wards. Hospitals are experiencing oxygen shortages and many people are being forced to turn to makeshift facilities for mass burials and cremations as the country’s funeral services have become overwhelmed.(AP)
