New Delhi: A whopping 3,780 people succumbed to coronavirus in India in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative death toll to 2,26,188. This is the highest-ever single day tally so far.
India also recorded 3,82,315 new coronavirus cases in a day, said the Union health ministry today. With this, the cumulative count of the cases has gone up to 2,06,65,148.
The new cases have seen a jump after two days of decline.
As India continues to report over three lakh Covid-19 cases a day, several states are still flagging a shortage of oxygen supply.
The Haryana government told the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday that several lives would be lost if it didn’t receive timely supply of oxygen; the Maharashtra government and Mumbai’s civic body BMC wrote separately to the Centre requesting enhanced allocation of oxygen; and 41 hospitals in New Delhi with 7,000 patients raised alarm bells on a single day on 3 May.
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday observed that the ‘death of Covid patients just for non-supplying of oxygen to the hospitals is a criminal act and not less than a genocide’ by those responsible for ensuring the continuous procurement and supply.