India horror for SA families
May 01, 2021
3 minutes
TANYA WATERWORTH AND SAMEER NAIK Additional
reporting: Jolene
Marriah-Maharaj/IOL
ALARM has been raised in South Africa as the world watched an unprecedented and horrifying surge of Covid-19 infections and deaths in India this week, with another daily record rise in infections recorded yesterday and hospitals running out of beds and oxygen.
Yesterday, India’s death toll was more than 208 330, with the daily fatality figure on Thursday being 3 645 in 24 hours. Morgues and crematoriums have been overwhelmed by Covid-19 deaths.
More than 18.7 million infections, with an average of 350 000 new infections being
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