‘Horrible’ weeks ahead as Covid-19 cases in India surpass 20 million

The country has witnessed scenes of people dying outside overwhelmed hospitals and funeral pyres lighting up the night sky

A man walks carrying a refilled cylinder as family members of Covid-19 patients wait in queue to refill their oxygen cylinders at Mayapuri area in New Delhi, India. Picture" Ishant Chauhan/AP

Covid-19 infections and deaths are mounting with alarming speed in India with a top expert warning that the coming weeks in the country of nearly 1.4 billion people will be “horrible”.

India’s official count of coronavirus cases surpassed 20 million on Tuesday, nearly doubling in the past three months, while deaths officially passed 220,000.