Bodies wash up from the Ganges as Covid-19 marches through India
Deaths increased by a record 4,205 in the 24 hours to Wednesday, carrying the tally of infections past 23-million
12 May 2021 - 13:52
New Delhi — India’s coronavirus death toll crossed a quarter of a million on Wednesday in the deadliest 24 hours since the pandemic began, as the disease rampaged through the countryside, overloading a fragile rural healthcare system.
Boosted by highly infectious variants, the second wave erupted in February to inundate hospitals and medical staff, as well as crematoriums and mortuaries. Experts are still unable to say with certainty when the figures will peak...
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