EPA Hospitals are battling to treat patients amid shortages of beds and medical oxygen India has recorded its highest daily coronavirus death toll since the pandemic began – a day after it became the first country to register more than 400,000 new cases in a 24-hour period. Its health ministry said 3,689 people had died within the past 24 hours. Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the health minister on Sunday morning to review the crisis. Hospitals are battling to treat patients amid a chronic shortage of beds and medical oxygen. A visual guide to the Covid crisis in India Backlash after China Weibo post mocks India Covid crisis Your top questions about India’s Covid crisis answered Why India’s Covid crisis matters to the whole world Amid the surge, results came in from elections in several Indian states. They have been closely watched to see if voters would punish Mr […]