CNBC: India reports over 412,000 new Covid cases as court demands plan to tackle oxygen shortage in Delhi
* Health ministry data showed there were 412,262 new reported cases of infections over a 24-hour period, pushing the total tally to over 21 million — days after crossing the 20 million mark on Tuesday.
* India’s Supreme Court ordered the central government to present a comprehensive plan by Thursday outlining steps it will take to meet medical oxygen requirements for hospitals in Delhi.
* India has sufficient oxygen available, but the main issue lies around logistics, according to Siddharth Jain, director of Inox Air Products.
India once again reported a record number of cases and fatalities on Thursday as it faces a devastating second wave of Covid-19 infections that has pushed its health-care system to the brink of collapse.
Health ministry data showed there were 412,262 new reported cases of infections over a 24-hour period, pushing the total tally to over 21 million — days after crossing the 20 million mark on Tuesday.
India also reported its highest daily death toll, with 3,980 fatalities. But media reports suggest that the death rate is being under-reported.
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