India： Daily death toll in India tops 1,000 (至8月10日，確診2百20萬人；44,386 死亡)

A testing station in New Delhi on Sunday.  Money Sharma/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Daily death toll in India tops 1,000

For the first time, India reported 1,000 deaths from the coronavirus in a single day, according to the country’s health ministry. Some health experts warn the record number is likely to be seen again.

State-run hospitals are overflowing with sick patients, and private hospitals are mostly out of reach for many Indians. The high toll has some Indians questioning the government for failing to build on the gains of its early lockdown through the pandemic.

As of Monday, India had more than 2.2 million infections and 44,386 deaths, according to a New York Times database. More than 80 percent of the new cases are being reported in 10 of India’s 29 states, according to Indian officials. The number of recoveries has exceeded 1.5 million.

Related: The Lord Venkateswara temple, a well-known Hindu temple in south India, reported a major outbreak in which 743 employees were infected. Three people have died since June.