Raipur: Shocking scenes from a government hospital in Chhattisgarh emerged Tuesday showing bodies of COVID-19 victims lying outside a mortuary that had run out of space.
The video was filmed Monday at the Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar Memorial Hospital in Raipur.
It showed victims in body bags lined up in a rubble-strewn courtyard, with workers in protective gear preparing to incinerate them.
The COVID crisis in India has escalated sharply over the past month.
The country now has more than 13.7 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, the second-highest in the world after the United States.
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On average over the past week, more than 140,000 new cases have been detected each day.
Experts say the second wave of the virus is rapidly growing stronger as people flout social distancing norms, despite some restrictions like night curfews in major cities.
AP
