A woman has shared the harrowing last words of her father as he died from coronavirus in India.
The country has been setting global record daily case numbers as devastating stories and images emerge from the epicentre and its surrounds. New Delhi is now reporting one death every four minutes.
Today is the eight-straight day of record figures and experts say that’s not likely to stop, as medical supplies dwindle and delayed safety measures have caused strife for containing the spread.
Figures are expected to continue to peak for the next few weeks as cases spiral.
Almost 400,000 new cases were confirmed yesterday, more than 30,000 above the 7-day average. At least 3600 people died in the last 24 hours, taking India’s total COVID-19 cases pass 18 million.
“India is still on an upward trajectory where the rate of infection is still moving at very fast and very horrifying rates at the moment,” ABC’s South Asia correspondent James Oaten said from New Delhi.
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