With the death toll at the highest weekly rate yet, families in India are experiencing devastating losses due to the second wave of the Covid pandemic.

'I saw boy, 13, forced by Covid to prepare his father's body for funeral'

A health worker takes a nasal swab sample of a person to test for COVID-19 as others wait for their turn outside a field hospital in Mumbai, India, Thursday, May 6, 2021. Infections in India hit another grim daily record on Thursday as demand for medical oxygen jumped seven-fold and the government denied reports that it was slow in distributing life-saving supplies from abroad

ITV News producer Sanjay Jha shares a personal account of the devastating impact of Covid in India as the country's public health system struggles to cope.

India Covid: 'How I had to rely on the black market to save my family's lives'

Dubbed the India variant, B.1.617 was first found in March, and has 15 mutations compared to the original virus.

Covid: Indian variant may be factor in country's surge in coronavirus cases

India is currently recording over 300,000 new cases a day.

Indian government under pressure to implement lockdown as pandemic rages

For the first time in its nearly 100 year history, the biggest burial site in India is full as the country's systems strain amid its Covid crisis.

India's biggest graveyard full as Covid deaths continue to rise

India’s official count of coronavirus cases surpassed 20 million on Tuesday, nearly doubling in the past three months.

‘Horrible’ weeks ahead as India’s Covid cases surpass 20m

The Indian Premier League Governing Council and Board of Control for Cricket in India announced that the tournament will be suspended 'with immediate effect'.

Indian Premier League postponed amid country's Covid crisis

The Prime Minister will attend a virtual meeting with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Tuesday.

PM announces £1 billion trade deal with India set to create more than 6,000 jobs

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party suffered defeats in West Bengal state as well as Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

Indian leader’s party takes electoral hit amid virus surge

 India recorded more than 390,000 new infections and 3,600 deaths over the past 24-hour period, raising the overall death toll to more than 215,500. 

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A New Delhi court has said it will start punishing officials for failing to deliver oxygen as Indian hospitals continue to struggle to secure steady supplies.

Indian court threatens to punish government amid record number of deaths

 India recorded 401,993 new daily infections, as well as 3,523 deaths in the past 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health.

India records 400,000 daily Covid cases as some states report vaccine shortages

Sikh volunteers in Delhi have been offering free oxygen to people in cars.

The fight to provide free oxygen to India's poor amid growing black market 

Doctor U. H. Faisal, who works in the city of Kolkat, said on most days, the best she can do for her dying patients is to sit at their bedside. 

Doctors left to comfort dying Covid patients in India as they feel 'helpless'

As well as vaccines, India is short of oxygen cylinders, ventilators and PPE needed to help in its fight against Covid-19.

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