Photos: India’s Covid-19 deaths accounted for one in four globally last week

India accounted for nearly half of the Covid-19 cases reported worldwide last week, the World Health Organization said on May 6, the day the country's coronavirus deaths rose by a record 3,780 during the last 24 hours. The WHO said in its weekly epidemiological report that India accounted for 46% of global cases and also made up for 25% of global deaths reported in the past week.

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Urns containing ashes after final rites of people including those who died from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) await immersion, at a crematorium in New Delhi on May 6. India's second deadly surge of Covid-19 has seen hospitals runs out of beds and oxygen and left morgues and crematoriums overflowing. (Danish Siddiqui / REUTERS)

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Family members of a deceased Covid-19 patient and voluntary health workers from the United Sikhs' ambulance service place the body in an ambulance in New Delhi on May 4. The World Health Organization (WHO) said in its weekly epidemiological report on May 6 that India accounted for 46% of global cases and 25% of global deaths reported in the past week. (Sumit Dayal / Bloomberg)

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Relatives and neighbours taking part in the funeral of a man who died of Covid-19, at a graveyard on the outskirts of Srinagar on May 4. India's surge in infections has also coincided with a drop in vaccinations due to supply and delivery problems. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)

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Relatives burying the body of a Covid-19 victim at a graveyard in New Delhi on May 4. The country added 10 million cases in just over four months, after taking more than 10 months to reach the first 10 million. (Ishant Chauhan / AP)

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A woman pulls away her crying relative as she reacts to the burning funeral pyre of their family member who died of Covid-19, at an open crematorium set up at a granite quarry on the outskirts of Bengaluru on May 5. Medical experts say the actual numbers of dead and infected in India could be five to 10 times the official tallies, Reuters reported. (Aijaz Rahi / AP)

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Helped by family members wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) suits, a person lights the pyre while cremating the body of the relative who succumbed to Covid-19 at Vasai crematorium, Mumbai on May 4. Daily testing in India has also fallen sharply to 1.5 million, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on May 6. It hit a peak of 1.95 million on May 1. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

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Funeral pyres burning amid mass cremations of Covid-19 fatalities and the recently deceased on the banks of the Yamuna river in Garh on May 4. Some experts believe a temporary shutdown is essential to stem India's outbreak, but others say a complete national lockdown isn't possible and would be disastrous for the poor, who have already suffered the most during the outbreak. (Anindito Mukherjee / Bloomberg)

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A woman cries during the cremation of her husband, who died from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), at a crematorium in New Delhi on May 5. Public health experts believe India will not reach herd immunity any time soon but say hospitalisations and deaths will reduce significantly in six to nine months, according to a report in The Economic Times. (Adnan Abidi / REUTERS)