INDIA CONTINUES TO SET UNWANTED COVID-19 RECORDS: India is being ravaged by COVID-19 and the virus is accelerating beyond anywhere else in the world. It reported the world's highest daily tally of coronavirus cases for the second day today, surpassing 330,000 new cases. Its health system is totally overwhelmed and patients are not getting the care they so desperately need. Hospitals are full and are running out of oxygen. In the past 24 hours, deaths have jumped to a record 2,263. Bodies piling up at crematoriums and burial grounds across the country. The situation is dire. With now over 16 million cases, it is the second-worst affected country in the world, lagging only the US. The really scary thing is that with the vast majority of deaths in rural villages often going unregistered, the numbers could be even higher. [COMMENT BY: Imran Malik, Assistant Editor]
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