Authorities are trying to provide medical oxygen to a Delhi hospital where 19 patients are suffocating as the worst wave of the coronavirus hits. India’s total number rose to 16 million, after the United States, with 346,786 infections last day.
Indian authorities are scrambling to bring oxygen tanks to a hospital where 19 COVID patients are suffocating in the world’s worst wave of coronavirus, while the government has come under increasing criticism for what doctors say is a lack of medical care for the country’s most vulnerable patients. The health ministry reported 2,624 deaths last week, bringing India’s CO VID 19 number to 189,544. More than half of patients in Delhi, the worst-hit state, are reported to be lacking oxygen in bed.
India has set a global daily record for new infections for the third day in a row, and the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in that country surged to more than 16 million this week, second only to the United States.
Indian authorities are scrambling to bring oxygen tanks to hospitals where 19 COVID patients are suffocating amid the world’s worst wave of coronavirus, as the government comes under increasing criticism for what doctors say is its inadequate response to the worst outbreak of the disease in more than a decade. The health ministry reported 2,624 deaths on Wednesday, bringing India’s death toll to 189,544, the World Health Organization said.
For the third consecutive day, India set a global daily record for new infections, and the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in India, the world’s second-largest economy, rose to more than 16 million, second only to the United States.
Indian authorities have been scrambling to bring oxygen tanks to the hospital where 19 COVID patients suffocated amid the world’s worst wave of coronavirus, while the government has come under increasing criticism over what doctors say is a lack of treatment for the country’s deadliest infectious disease. The health ministry reported 2,624 deaths on Thursday, bringing India’s CO VID level up 19 deaths to 189,544, according to a World Health Organization report.
India set a global daily record for new infections for the third day in a row, and the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in India rose to more than 16 million, the second-largest after the United States, according to WHO data.
At least 20 people died in the Indian capital Delhi on Tuesday, according to the WHO. The Health Ministry reported 2,624 deaths in the first six months of the year, bringing the number of deaths in India to 189,544, up from 19,544 in the same period last year.
India has set a new world record for the number of deaths in the first six months of this year, with 2,767, up from 1,624 in the whole of last year. Indian hospitals were closed and the number rose overnight to 346,786, the health ministry said on Tuesday, setting a new world record as overcrowded hospitals in the densely populated country begged for oxygen supplies. Hospitals were sending desperate SOS messages throughout the day that there were only a few hours of oxygen left.
Ashwin Mittal was desperately searching for a hospital bed in Delhi when his wife’s blood pressure fell a week ago. Health workers carry a patient to Vallabh Chaudhary Hospital in New Delhi, India, on Tuesday. The BBC’s Vikas Pandey reports from the capital, where people are desperate because of the rising death toll in India’s overcrowded hospitals and lack of oxygen.
Authorities are trying to provide medical oxygen to Vallabh Chaudhary Hospital in New Delhi, where 19 COVID patients are suffocating in the worst wave of the coronavirus. India is facing the worst outbreak of the disease ever, which has killed 2,767 people, according to the WHO. The government has blocked vaccines exports to better meet domestic needs, making it harder for poor countries to access vaccines.
The BBC’s Vikas Pandey reports from New Delhi, where people are desperate and seats are full, and conditions continued to deteriorate on Thursday. Ashwin Mittal was desperately searching for a hospital bed in Delhi when his wife dropped him off a week ago. He took himself to the emergency rooms of several hospitals, but the seats were full and people were desperate.
The rising number of cases has been accompanied by severe shortages of medical oxygen in some areas, and hospitals have warned that they could run out within hours. One person dies every four minutes in the capital, New Delhi, and the nationwide crisis has prompted calls for emergency medical assistance from the United States and other countries. Friends from across India have been sent to help save lives – but it’s still not enough.
Prime Minister Mustafa al-Khadimi opened fire on the deed, according to his office, ordering an investigation within 24 hours.
Iraq last week surpassed the number of reported Covid cases, the most since the pandemic began, and the country of 39 million people is in the midst of a violent second wave of infections. Relatives mourned at a hospital where doctors said 20 coronavirus patients died overnight when oxygen ran out. Fears are growing among the 20 people killed in the hospital tragedy that India is underestimating Covid’s death.
