In Pictures: India hits new record of over 2,000 Covid-19 deaths in a day

Oxygen supplies at hospitals in New Delhi are also dangerously low as the country battles a second wave of infections.

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Apr 21, 2021, 05:30 PM

Patients wearing oxygen masks are moved to a hospital amid the spread of Covid-19 in Ahmedabad on April 21, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS

Relatives wearing personal protective equipment mourn a man, who died from Covid-19, in New Delhi on April 21, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS

People walk past notices announcing that Covishield, AstraZeneca-Oxford's Covid-19 vaccine, is out of stock at a vaccination centre in Mumbai on April 20, 2021. PHOTO: AFP

People refill medical oxygen cylinders for Covid-19 patients at an oxygen refilling station in Allahabad on April 20, 2021. PHOTO: AFP

Policemen guard a roadblock in New Delhi on April 20, 2021, after India locked down its capital for a week from April 19. PHOTO: AFP

A migrant worker lets his son climb through a bus window as they try to make their way home to their village on April 20, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS

People rush to board their buses before a week-long lockdown ordered by the Delhi government comes into effect on April 19, 2021. PHOTO: AFP

A family sits in a truck at a bus station in New Delhi on April 19, 2021. PHOTO: AFP

Migrant workers at a bus station in Ghaziabad on the outskirts of New Delhi on April 19, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS

People arrive at a bus station in New Delhi on April 19, 2021. PHOTO: AFP

Missionaries of Charity nuns and locals wait for a Covid-19 test at a centre in Kolkata on April 19, 2021. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A man sits besides shops with the shutters closed amid a lockdown in New Delhi on April 17, 2021. PHOTO: AFP

Patients suffering from Covid-19 get treatment at the casualty ward in Lok Nayak Jai Prakash hospital in New Delhi, India on April 15, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS

Patients suffering from Covid-19 get treatment at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash hospital in New Delhi on April 15, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS

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