COVID-19: Record day of 401,993 cases in India as 18 die in fire on hospital coronavirus ward |

COVID-19: Record day of 401,993 cases in India as 18 die in fire on hospital coronavirus ward |

India has seen another record daily rise in coronavirus infections, as 18 people died in a fire on a COVID-19 hospital ward.

A further 401,993 cases of coronavirus were reported in the country on Saturday, the first time the 400,000 mark has been surpassed.

And 3,523 deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 211,853, according to health ministry data.

A man waits outside a factory to get his oxygen cylinder refilled amid the continuing surge in coronavirus infections in India
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India has been hit by a shortage of oxygen as it is hit by one of the worst COVID crises of the pandemic

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