Scores of bodies found floating in India’s Ganges River

Health workers and volunteers in personal protective suits wait to receive patients outside a Covid-19 hospital that was set up at a Sikh Gurdwara in New Delhi, India (Ishant Chauhan/AP)

Scores of bodies have been found floating down the Ganges River in eastern India as the country battles a ferocious surge in coronavirus infections.

Authorities said on Tuesday they have not yet determined the cause of death.