For the third day in a row, India reported more than 300,000 new COVID-19 cases amid reports of hospitals turning to social media to look for oxygen, people waiting on the street for hospital beds, and overrun crematoriums.India's catastrophic surge—the worst of the pandemic and unfolding in the world's second most populous country—led the world's biggest pandemic day yesterday, with 875,510 cases reported.
The number was well over the previous world single-day high reported on Dec 20, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) online dashboard.Cases, deaths rocket in IndiaAmong desperate attempts to increase oxygen supplies, the government has diverted industrial oxygen to health facilities, according to Reuters.