Makeshift funeral pyres burn bodies in parks as India suffers new case record - 353,000
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mirror.co.ukBodies are being burnt in parks while families wait up to 20 hours to honour their dead as India grapples with a devastating Covid crisis, it has been reported.
Grim reports emerged earlier this week with infections hitting a record peak - 352,991 - for the fifth day in a row and with deaths reaching an all-time high of more than 2,800.
During a horrifying second wave in the country, described as a "tsunami", infected people have been wandering the streets looking for hospitals with open beds.
Morgues have run out of stretchers and trees from parks are being used to burn bodies. There is also a frantic hunt for oxygen, which is being sold on the black market, to keep seriously ill relatives alive, and people hoarding supplies have sparked
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