Coronavirus: Indian hospitals 'almost saturated'
This week India recorded its highest daily rise in new infections: a record 15,968 new daily infections. It now has the fourth highest number of cases in the world after the US, Brazil and Russia, but doctors say the true extent of the outbreak in India is likely to be much bigger - as many people don't make it to hospital and so aren't tested.
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Dr Srinivas Rajmumar heads the organisation representing more than 2,000 doctors in the capital, Delhi.
Photo: A man is tested during door-to-door medical screening in the Dharavi slums in Mumbai. Credit: AFP
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