FILE PHOTO: People offer prayers before burying the victims who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a graveyard in New Delhi, India, India, April 16, 2021. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India's capital New Delhi recorded 24,000 coronavirus cases in a 24-hour period and is facing an acute shortage of hospital beds, its chief minister said on Saturday, as the country overall recorded more than 200,000 cases for a third day.
"The situation is very critical, worrying. Oxygen is in short supply," said chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, adding that almost one in four tests for the virus were giving a positive result.
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