India reels from second Covid wave as families beg for supplies on social media

Rapid glut of cases stretches supplies of beds in intensive care units, ventilators and oxygen

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Hundred of Indians, including Delhi government administrators, have begged for help finding oxygen and other crucial medical supplies on social media as India reels from a devastating second wave of coronavirus, leading to caseloads growing by nearly 300,000 every day.

Faulty oxygen supplies at a western Indian hospital have killed more than 20 Covid-19 patients, adding to the country's highest-ever daily death toll from the virus.