According to the news agency AP 349,691 new infections were registered on Sunday.
A total of 16.9 million are infected, and approx. 192,000 are registered dead with corona. On Sunday, the number of deaths in the last 24 hours was 2757.
However, it is believed that the real Indian figures may be higher than reported.
– Soon empty
Health care in India is under severe pressure. Many hospitals are overloaded and struggling with lack of oxygen. The situation is particularly critical in the capital New Delhi, a giant city with 20 million inhabitants.
In New Delhi, cemeteries are soon empty, and in the city of Bhopal, they cremated up to 110 people on Sunday, according to the news agency.
– The virus swallows the inhabitants of our city like a monster, said Mamtesh Sharma, an employee at the cemetery in Bhopal.
The rising death toll has forced staff at cemeteries and crematoria to drop the traditional Hindu ceremonies and death rites.
– We only burn the bodies when they come. It’s like we’re in the middle of a war, Sharma said.
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Burning in parks
The head of New Delhi’s largest Muslim cemetery, where 1,000 people have been buried since the start of the pandemic, states that more bodies are coming now than last year.
– I fear that we will run out of space very soon, he says to the news agency.
Several countries have now promised aid to corona-affected India. Both the EU, the US and the UK are in the process of sending oxygen and medical equipment, writes NTB.
– Frightened by the infection situation in India. We are ready to help, von der Leyen writes Twitter Sunday.
– The EU is gathering resources to respond quickly to India’s request for assistance, via the EU’s civil preparedness scheme, von der Leyen writes.
The scheme has been established to help EU countries coordinate aid in crisis situations. EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid Janez Lenarcic says coordination of oxygen supplies and medical assistance from member states is already underway.
German Prime Minister Angela Merkel has previously said that Germany was preparing emergency aid for India. The Ministry of Defense in Berlin is investigating, among other things, the possibility of procuring a mobile oxygen generator.
