India records 320,000 new cases as foreign help arrives

Family members of a Covid-19 victim perform the last rites at a crematorium in Jammu on Monday as the pandemic continued to worsen in India (Channi Anand/AP)

India recorded more than 320,000 new cases of coronavirus infection on Tuesday as the country’s sinking health system started receiving much-needed support from foreign nations.

Tuesday’s 323,144 new infections raised India’s total past 17.6 million, behind only the United States.