India on Thursday reported 314,835 new Covid-19 infections, the largest daily increase in cases worldwide since the pandemic began.
The country also recorded the highest number of new deaths for Covid-19, with 2,104 fatalities.
Strong figures come as health care and other essential services across India are on the verge of collapsing amid a second wave of coronaviruses sweeping the country at a devastating speed.
The Union Territory of Delhi on Wednesday received less than half of the oxygen needed to treat patients with Covid-19, with 200-250 metric tonnes of oxygen against a requirement of 700 metric tonnes, it said on Wednesday. high court the defender of the government of Delhi.
A petition from the Medical Research Center and Bajaj, which runs a chain of private hospitals, said five of its Delhi hospitals had between two and 18 hours of oxygen supply left.
As the court heard the petition, two of the five private hospitals referred to in the petition had received oxygen supply, the court noted.
As of Thursday morning, Delhi had 29 empty ICU beds, according to government data.
India had registered a total of 15,930,965 cases as of Thursday, according to the Indian Ministry of Health. The total number of deaths now stands at 184,657.