more than 400,000 cases of coronavirus in one day

Authorities reported 401,993 new cases in the last 24 hours, after 10 consecutive days of more than 300,000 daily cases. Deaths increased by 3,523, bringing the total number of victims to 211,853, according to the federal Department of Health.

The rise in infections has overwhelmed hospitals, morgues and crematoriums and left families struggling for the scarcity of medicine and oxygen. And although India is the world’s largest producer of coronavirus vaccines, injection shortages in some states have hampered access to vaccines for all adults.

The state of West Bengal has been unable to launch a campaign targeting adults between the ages of 18 and 45 due to vaccine shortages and has urged the federal government to provide more supplies, a senior official said. health.

Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of the State of Delhi, who was badly affected, He urged people not to queue at vaccination centers, promising more vaccines would arrive “tomorrow or the day after.”

In Ahmedabad, the main commercial city of Gujarat, the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, hundreds of people lined up to receive their vaccinations.

India has received 150,000 doses of the Sputnik-V vaccine from Russia and millions more will follow, a spokesperson for the Indian Foreign Ministry said.