Coronavirus India

• A look at why India’s COVID-19 data is vastly undercounted

  As case counts soar far beyond what other countries have reported, experts caution the official COVID-19 numbers from India are likely a massive undercount.

  Health

  May 2
• India surpasses 200,000 COVID-19 deaths as health system threatens to collapse

  India, a country of nearly 1.4 billion people, is the fourth nation to cross 200,000 deaths, behind the United States, Brazil and Mexico.

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  Apr 28
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• ‘Some patients die while waiting’: Doctors in India plead for international help

  'The health-care system in India is literally bursting at its seams [due to COVID-19],' said Dr. Arvinder Soin, the chief surgeon at a hospital near New Delhi.

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  Apr 27
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• As India’s healthcare system crumbles to COVID-19, medical students bulwark of pandemic

  On Tuesday, India reported 323,144 new infections for a total of more than 17.6 million cases, behind only the United States.

  World

  Apr 27
• India’s crematoriums overwhelmed as COVID-19 cases surge

  The unprecedented rush of bodies has forced the crematorium to skip individual ceremonies and exhaustive rituals that Hindus believe release the soul from the cycle of rebirth.

  Health

  Apr 25
• Mass cremations begin in India’s capital city as COVID-19 deaths soar

  India recorded the world's highest daily tally of 314,835 coronavirus infections on Thursday, with the second wave of the pandemic crushing its weak health infrastructure.

  Health

  Apr 22
• India posts world’s highest daily COVID-19 surge with over 314,000 new cases

  The previous record one-day rise in cases was held by the United States, which had 297,430 new cases on one day in January, though its tally has since fallen sharply.

  World

  Apr 22
• Experts puzzled by India’s dramatic drop in coronavirus cases

  Some experts suggest that certain areas of the country may have reached herd immunity or that Indians may have some preexisting protection from the virus.

  World

  Feb 16
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• India approves AstraZeneca, locally made coronavirus vaccines

  Drugs Controller General Dr. Venugopal G. Somani said that both vaccines would be administered in two dosages.

  Health

  Jan 3
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• India tests coronavirus vaccine delivery system with nationwide trial

  India's vaccination drive is expected to start in a few days once the country's regulator approves a vaccine.

  Health

  Jan 2