New Delhi COVID-19 Volunteer: ‘A 30-Year-Old Died in My Arms’

Volunteers performed cremation rituals in New Delhi on May 5, 2021. Courtesy of United Sikhs

According to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), a research wing of the University of Washington (pdf), without decreased social mixing and face mask use, the current forecasted death toll by August 1 is expected to be over 1 million.

India has seen COVID-19 cases of over 350,000 per day for the past ten days.