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Delhi's Seemapuri crematorium saw 86 Covid funeral Saturday — up from average 1 in Feb & 2 in March
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Delhi's Seemapuri crematorium saw 86 Covid funeral Saturday — up from average 1 in Feb & 2 in March

#DelhiSeemapuriCrematorium #Covid19 Delhi reported 348 Covid deaths Friday, the highest since the pandemic struck a year ago. However, the number of Covid bodies could be much higher than the logbooks of Delhi's crematorium show. Seemapuri crematorium, which originally had a capacity for 20-30 funerals, is now using the adjoining parking lot to ensure last rites of all bodies coming there are conducted. ThePrint's Reeti Agarwal and Bismee Taskin visited the crematorium Saturday and this is what they saw. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Full article here: https://theprint.in/india/from-1-covid-funeral-day-in-feb-to-over-85-now-delhi-crematorium-struggles-to-cope-with-surge/645437/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with ThePrint » Subscribe to ThePrint: https://theprint.in/subscribe/ » Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/3nCMpht » Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theprintindia » Tweet us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theprintindia » Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theprintindia » Find us on LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/theprint » Subscribe to ThePrint on Telegram: https://t.me/ThePrintIndia » Find us on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2NMVlnB » Find us on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pEOta8