India reports world’s highest single-day covid toll
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Elizabeth speaks to Kathryn from New Delhi on the deepening covid crisis in India, with gravediggers working around the clock to bury victims, while hundreds more are being cremated in makeshift pyres in parks and parking lots. India reported 379,257 new infections yesterday, the world's highest single-day total. The official death toll has surpassed 200,000 but experts believe it is significantly higher. Elizabeth Puranam is an Al Jazeera correspondent based in New Delhi.