India Covid surge hits new record as oxygen runs short

Health ministry data showed 295,000 new cases in 24 hours, among the world's biggest daily totals of the pandemic

Health ministry data showed 295,000 new cases in 24 hours, among the world's biggest daily totals of the pandemic

India's brutal new Covid-19 outbreak set records on Wednesday with more than 2,000 deaths in 24 hours, as hospitals in New Delhi ran perilously low on oxygen.

Health ministry data on Wednesday showed a record 2,023 fatalities and 295,000 new cases in 24 hours, among the world's biggest daily case totals and on a par with numbers seen in the United States during a deadly surge in January.