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India records over 4,000 single-day deaths

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New Delhi, India - May 16, 2021 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
1. River
2. Crematorium on river bank
3. Various of burning funeral pyres
4. Tombs at Delhi Gate Cemetery
5. Various of Mohammed Wasim, worker at Delhi Gate Cemetery, working
6. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Mohammed Wasim, worker at Delhi Gate Cemetery:
"It is much more than last year. Last year it was not like this. But this year there has been too much damage."
7. Various of tombs, Wasim working
8. Workers at crematorium transporting wood pyres
9. Workers at crematorium piling up wood pyres
10. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Shoaib, local resident (ending with shot 11):
"My wife died last Sunday, April 25. She suddenly had a fever four or five days back, and her condition worsened, but we kept her at home. Then her oxygen levels started dropping so we shifted her to a hospital in Mayapuri, where admitted her. Saturday she was given plasma but Sunday she passed away."
11. Various of burning funeral pyres at crematorium
12. Aerial shot of crematorium

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India has recorded more than 4,000 new deaths for three days in a row, seeing an alarmingly high rate of fatality from COVID-19.

According to data from India's federal health ministry on Sunday morning, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India rose to 24,684,007 and the related death toll across the country stands at 270,284.

During the past 24 hours, 311,170 new cases and 4,077 related deaths were reported from across the country.

The grim situation has seen bodies piling up on the banks of rivers and families losing loved ones who can't get treatment in time.

Morgues and crematoriums are overwhelmed and struggling to handle the number of dead coming in.

New Delhi's largest cremation ground lies on the banks of the Yamuna River. The number of wood pyres has been significantly increased to handle the more than 80 bodies that come in every day. It's a sharp rise from 15 just a few months earlier.

The Delhi Gate Cemetery, a Muslim burial ground, is short of manpower and space to bury the dead.

"It is much more than last year. Last year it was not like this. But this year there has been too much damage," said Mohammed Wasim, worker at the Delhi Gate Cemetery.

Insufficient infrastructure has led to parking lots being converted into cremation grounds.

After navigating India's crumbling medical infrastructure, grief-stricken family members line up at these overburdened crematoriums to complete the last rites for their loved ones who have died from the virus.

"My wife died last Sunday, April 25. She suddenly had a fever four or five days back, and her condition worsened, but we kept her at home. Then her oxygen levels started dropping so we shifted her to a hospital in Mayapuri, where admitted her. Saturday she was given plasma but Sunday she passed away," said Shoaib, local resident.

Mounting deaths, a shortage of oxygen and a dwindling vaccine drive are the somber picture India now faces. And it has led to mass criticism.

Overworked crematoriums and labor do not have time to feed or even breathe. Such is the condition of Delhi. The second wave of the pandemic has swept across the national capital and left nothing but pangs of woe, misery and cry.


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  • ID : 8196332
  • Dateline : May 16, 2021
  • Location : New Delhi,India
  • Category : health,society
  • Duration : 1'42
  • Audio Language : Hindi/Nats
  • Source : China Global Television Network (CGTN)
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  • Published : 2021-05-16 14:11
  • Last Modified : 2021-05-16 19:55:00
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  • Dateline : 16 مايو 2021
  • Location : New Delhi,الهند
  • Category : health,society
  • Duration : 1'42
  • Audio Language : الهندية/الصوت الطبيعي
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  • ID : 8196332
  • Dateline : 16 may. 2021
  • Location : New Delhi,India
  • Category : health,society
  • Duration : 1'42
  • Audio Language : Hindi/Nats
  • Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
  • Restrictions : No acceso a la parte continental de China
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India-Coronavirus/Death

India records over 4,000 single-day deaths

Dateline : May 16, 2021

Location : New Delhi,India

Duration : 1'42

  • English
  • العربية
  • Español


New Delhi, India - May 16, 2021 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
1. River
2. Crematorium on river bank
3. Various of burning funeral pyres
4. Tombs at Delhi Gate Cemetery
5. Various of Mohammed Wasim, worker at Delhi Gate Cemetery, working
6. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Mohammed Wasim, worker at Delhi Gate Cemetery:
"It is much more than last year. Last year it was not like this. But this year there has been too much damage."
7. Various of tombs, Wasim working
8. Workers at crematorium transporting wood pyres
9. Workers at crematorium piling up wood pyres
10. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Shoaib, local resident (ending with shot 11):
"My wife died last Sunday, April 25. She suddenly had a fever four or five days back, and her condition worsened, but we kept her at home. Then her oxygen levels started dropping so we shifted her to a hospital in Mayapuri, where admitted her. Saturday she was given plasma but Sunday she passed away."
11. Various of burning funeral pyres at crematorium
12. Aerial shot of crematorium


India has recorded more than 4,000 new deaths for three days in a row, seeing an alarmingly high rate of fatality from COVID-19.

According to data from India's federal health ministry on Sunday morning, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India rose to 24,684,007 and the related death toll across the country stands at 270,284.

During the past 24 hours, 311,170 new cases and 4,077 related deaths were reported from across the country.

The grim situation has seen bodies piling up on the banks of rivers and families losing loved ones who can't get treatment in time.

Morgues and crematoriums are overwhelmed and struggling to handle the number of dead coming in.

New Delhi's largest cremation ground lies on the banks of the Yamuna River. The number of wood pyres has been significantly increased to handle the more than 80 bodies that come in every day. It's a sharp rise from 15 just a few months earlier.

The Delhi Gate Cemetery, a Muslim burial ground, is short of manpower and space to bury the dead.

"It is much more than last year. Last year it was not like this. But this year there has been too much damage," said Mohammed Wasim, worker at the Delhi Gate Cemetery.

Insufficient infrastructure has led to parking lots being converted into cremation grounds.

After navigating India's crumbling medical infrastructure, grief-stricken family members line up at these overburdened crematoriums to complete the last rites for their loved ones who have died from the virus.

"My wife died last Sunday, April 25. She suddenly had a fever four or five days back, and her condition worsened, but we kept her at home. Then her oxygen levels started dropping so we shifted her to a hospital in Mayapuri, where admitted her. Saturday she was given plasma but Sunday she passed away," said Shoaib, local resident.

Mounting deaths, a shortage of oxygen and a dwindling vaccine drive are the somber picture India now faces. And it has led to mass criticism.

Overworked crematoriums and labor do not have time to feed or even breathe. Such is the condition of Delhi. The second wave of the pandemic has swept across the national capital and left nothing but pangs of woe, misery and cry.


ID : 8196332

Published : 2021-05-16 14:11

Last Modified : 2021-05-16 19:55:00

Source : China Global Television Network (CGTN)

Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland

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