India reported 346,786 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday — the third day in a row the country has set a world record for infections during the coronavirus pandemic, according to government and scientific tallies.
It now has more than 16. 6 million cases since the start of the pandemic, a CNN tally of figures from the Indian Ministry of Health reveals.
Before India’s three-day run of record infections, the global highest in a day was the 300,310 cases recorded in the US on January 2, according to a CNN tally of figures from John Hopkins University.
The Covid-19 infections are devastating India’s communities and hospitals.
Compounding the tragedy in India, a fire in the intensive care unit of a hospital in Virar, a city north of Mumbai, early Friday killed at least 15 coronavirus patients, a senior local administration official told CNN.
The fire came two days after 24 coronavirus patients died waiting for oxygen at Zakir Hussain Hospital in Nashik district of Maharashtra after an accidental oxygen leak, according to Suraj Mandhare, a senior Nashik District official.
