"The devastation of the coronavirus continues and there is no respite," Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal lamented on Sunday, announcing the extension of the confinement for a week.
India has identified nearly 350,000 new coronavirus infections over 24 hours, a world record, and local authorities have decided to extend the confinement in the capital New Delhi.
The country, which has 1.3 billion inhabitants, is in the grip of a horrific epidemic outbreak with another 349,691 new cases on Sunday.
India has simultaneously deplored 2,767 new deaths from Covid-19, which is a national record since the start of the pandemic.
A 58% increase in cases in one week
The capital, which has 20 million inhabitants, is the Indian agglomeration most affected by the epidemic, but it is not the only one currently subject to containment.
A weeklong lockdown began there last Monday to try to ease the pressure on hospitals, facing a serious oxygen shortage.
The crisis once again sheds light on the dilapidated state of India's health care system, as anger mounts over the federal government's alleged lack of preparedness in the face of this epidemic wave.
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Sunday, Twitter confirmed to have deleted, at the request of the Indian authorities, dozens of tweets criticizing the executive.
Some tweets came from elected representatives of the opposition who denounced the weakness of resources in hospitals where patients have died due to oxygen shortages.
"When we receive a request that is legally admissible, we look at it through the prism of Twitter rules and local laws," Twitter said in a statement.
Over the past seven days, India has recorded more than two million new cases, an increase of 58% from the previous week, according to data compiled by AFP.