New Delhi Records Highest Daily COVID-19 Death Toll as India Struggles With 2nd Wave

New Delhi Records Highest Daily COVID-19 Death Toll as India Struggles With 2nd Wave
A priest who helps perform last rites runs while covering his face amid the multiple funeral pyres of people who died of COVID-19, at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, on April 24, 2021. Anindito Mukherjee/Getty Images
Venus Upadhayaya
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NEW DELHI—Delhi’s biggest crematorium grounds, the Nigam Bodh Ghat, has seen a rapid surge in activity in the past week. On April 24, the dead were waiting in ambulances outside, while others were carried by family members, waiting to be laid on the pyre, where many were burning as rituals were performed.

A pall of dignified silence lay over the entire scene.

Venus Upadhayaya
Venus Upadhayaya
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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.
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