India Reports Single Day High Of Covid-19 Cases

NEW DELHI (AP) – India has reported more than 11,000 new coronavirus infections, another single-day high for the country, as it passed the grim milestone of 300,000 cases. The Health Ministry reported 11,458 new cases, driving the toll to 308,993, the fourth-highest in the world. It also reported 386 deaths, raising the number of fatalities to 8,884. India’s caseload has jumped by about 100,000 in a week, coinciding with the reopening of shopping malls, houses of worship and restaurants. The government had imposed a nationwide lockdown in late March. In New Delhi, the capital, most public hospitals are full, and crematoriums and graveyards are struggling to manage a rash of bodies.