India reports global record of 314,000 new daily cases of COVID-19
Ambulances carrying COVID-19 patients line up waiting for their turn to be attended at a dedicated COVID-19 government hospital in Ahmedabad, India, Thursday, April 22, 2021. India reported a global record of more than 314,000 new infections Thursday as a grim coronavirus surge in the world's second-most populous country sends more and more sick people into a fragile health care system critically short of hospital beds and oxygen. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
COVID-19 cases are surging in India.
The country reported a global record of more than 314,000 new cases in the last 24 hours. The nation also reported more than 2,100 new deaths.
Hospitals across the country are reporting a shortage of beds and are running dangerously low on oxygen.
The government has ordered oxygen to be sent to the hardest hit areas.
India has the second highest total number of cases after the U.S.
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