India's new coronavirus infections hit a record, as crowds of pilgrims gathered for a religious festival despite oxygen shortages and strict curbs in other areas.
The country reported 184,372 cases in the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed, taking total infections to 13.9 million.
Deaths rose by 1,027, to a toll of 172,085. Still, hundreds of thousands of devout Hindus gathered to bathe in the Ganges river, the third key day of the weeks-long Kumbh Mela - or pitcher festival.
A police spokesman said around 650,000 people had bathed on this morning. There was little evidence of social distancing or mask-wearing, according to a Reuters witness.