India posts global record of 315,000 daily Covid cases

People wait to take doses of the Covaxin coronavirus vaccine at an indoor stadium.   -  
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India posted a global record of almost 315,000 new Covid infections on Thursday as hospitals in New Delhi sent out desperate warnings that patients could die without fresh oxygen supplies.

The country's long-underfunded healthcare system is being stretched to the limit by a devastating second wave of the pandemic blamed on a "double mutant" variant and "super-spreader" mass gatherings.

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