Meanwhile, the UP administration has stationed officers at a Greater Noida oxygen plant to check movement of cylinders, hindering supplies to hospitals in the national capital, according to PTI.

Government’s response has been extremely disappointing. Prime Minister is still continuing with his election campaign while people are battling against the worst wave of COVID, says Priyanka Gandhi.

Many infected people are forced to wait outside hospital for admission. The condition of some of the patients is so critical that they die before receiving any medical treatment.

The Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have reacted sharply to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the nation on the COVID-19 situation on Tuesday, 20 April.

The role of several politicians has been more of gimmickry and serving political interests rather than health concerns even during this serious COVID pandemic.

A seven-year-old girl was shot dead and her father seriously injured while they waited in their car in a McDonald's drive-thru.

In early March, India's health minister Harsh Vardhan declared the country was "in the endgame" of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Equity benchmark Sensex crashed over 1,300 points in early trade on Monday, tracking massive across-the-board selloff as mounting COVID-19 cases spooked investor sentiment.

Interviews with officials and workers at cremation grounds across the state provide a glimpse into the massive official undercounting underway.

‘How does the Modi Government plan to ensure the status quo ante as on April 2020,’ Ajay Maken, General Secretary, AICC asked in a statement released on Sunday.