Thursday, April 22, 2021 - 12:06
India has reported 314,835 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, the highest one day tally recorded anywhere in the world.
Deaths rose by 2,104 in the same time period, India's worst daily toll.
It brings the country's total confirmed cases close to 16 million, second only to the US's 31.9 million.
India is in the grip of a vicious second wave and an acute oxygen shortage is raising more fears about its overwhelmed health care system. (BBC News)
