Indian capital struggles with surge in coronavirus cases

People queue for coronavirus tests in New Delhi, India (Manish Swarup/AP)

India has reported 45,674 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, with the capital coping with a sharp surge of nearly 7,000 cases a day this week.

India’s tally of confirmed cases – currently the second largest in the world behind the United States – has exceeded 8.5 million.