ASHOK SHARMA, ASSOCIATED PRESS *
India has reported a global record of more than 314,000 new coronavirus infections as a surge in the world’s second most populous country sends more people into a fragile health care system critically short of hospital beds and oxygen.
The 314,835 infections added in the past 24 hours raise India’s total past 15.9 million cases since the pandemic began – the second-highest total in the world after the US. India has nearly 1.4 billion people.
The Times of India newspaper said the previous highest daily case count of 307,581 was reported in the US on January 8.
Deaths in India rose by 2,104 over the 24 hours, raising the overall toll to 184,657, the Health Ministry said.
A large number of hospitals are reporting acute shortages of beds and medicine and have dangerously low levels of oxygen.
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