Fourteen Covid-19 patients were killed after a fire broke out inside the intensive care unit of a hospital in the outskirts of India’s financial hub Mumbai Friday, while a serious oxygen supply crisis reportedly caused at least 25 deaths in a New Delhi hospital, further highlighting the severity of the second wave of the pandemic in India which shows no signs of abating.
The cause of the fire is unknown but the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, the western Indian state where the hospital was located, has ordered a full investigation. In another incident in India’s capital, New Delhi, at least 25 Covid-19 patients lost their lives at Ganga Ram Hospital and the lives of 60 others were reportedly in jeopardy as the hospital faced a serious oxygen supply crisis.the low-pressure flow of oxygen to the patients—caused by the scarcity—as the likely cause behind the deaths.
The hospital’s chairman, however, told the media that the deaths can’t directly be ascribed to lack of oxygen.332,730. That’s the total number of Covid-19 cases India reported on Friday—a new daily record for any country—eclipsing the previous high of 314,835 set on Thursday. The country also reported 2,263 deaths from Covid-19 on Friday, its worst single-day toll which also eclipses the previous high set on Thursday.
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