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India Sets New Global Record for Daily Coronavirus Cases

HeadlineMay 06, 2021

India has set yet another world record for coronavirus cases, recording 412,000 infections in just 24 hours. India reported nearly 4,000 deaths Thursday — the highest daily death toll for any nation during the pandemic except the United States. On Wednesday, India’s Supreme Court ordered the government to submit a plan to supply adequate oxygen to more than 40 Delhi hospitals amid dire shortages that have left COVID patients gasping for breath. India administered fewer than 2 million vaccine doses Thursday — about half the pace of inoculations reached in March — amid a severe shortage of doses for India’s 1.3 billion people. Just over 2% of India’s population is fully vaccinated.

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