India’s coronavirus outbreak rose by more than 50,000 cases in the past 24-hours amid a surging third wave of infections in the capital, the countries health ministry reports.
The ministry also reports another 704 fatalities in the past 24 hours across the country, raising India’s overall death toll to 124,315.
The ministry has attributed the surge in New Delhi to the festival season and warned that the situation can worsen due to people crowding markets for festival shopping.
The surge comes as New Delhi appears to be heading for a cold wave, along with the fast-worsening air quality. Health experts are concerned low temperatures and high pollution will worsen the virus outbreak.
With 8.3 million confirmed cases of coronavirus, India is the second worst-hit country behind the United States.
— AP
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