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Far from over: India hits new record as hundreds of thousands bathe in the Ganges
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India’s new coronavirus infections reached a record on Wednesday, as crowds of pilgrims gathered for a religious festival despite oxygen shortages and strict curbs in other areas.
The country reported 184,372 cases in the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed, taking total infections to 13.9 million. Deaths rose by 1,027, for a toll of 172,085.
After reporting less than 10,000 cases per day earlier this year, India has been the world’s worst-hit country since April 2. The government blames
a widespread failure to heed curbs on movement and social interaction.
India’s richest state, Maharashtra, the epicentre of the national second wave, accounting for about a quarter of the country’s cases, is due to enter a full lockdown at midnight local time (18.30GMT) until the end of April to try to contain the spread.
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On Wednesday the state’s commercial centre, Mumbai, was bustling with shoppers,
stocking up before the lockdown comes into effect.
“We don’t know if we will be allowed to set up our stalls from tomorrow, so we’re asking our customers to stock up as much as possible today,” said Susheela, a street vegetable vendor, who goes by only her first name.