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"The heat is intense. The grief is palpable. Fires just do not stop burning in the Indian capital, Delhi, right now."

In Delhi a makeshift crematorium has been set up to cope with the number of COVID deaths. @AlexCrawfordSky reports from the centre of the global pandemic

Watch @AlexCrawfordSky's full report from Delhi as India struggles to cope with the number of people dying from COVID-19.

Warning: This package contains footage that some people may find distressing from a makeshift crematorium

"They cannot cope with the number of dead."

@AlexCrawfordSky reported from Delhi outside a makeshift crematorium

India is now the centre of the global pandemic.

Its health ministry reported 349,691 #COVID19 cases on Sunday, bringing the total to 16.96 million trib.al/Xjv76eu

'People are dying on the pavement from lack of oxygen.'

The country is battling a huge surge in #coronavirus cases and hospitals are on the brink because of a shortage of oxygen

"There still seems to be a very acute shortage of oxygen across India."

Today, @AlexCrawfordSky is outside a Sikh temple in Delhi where the head of the temple has set up an oxygen production unit, as the country struggles to cope

"We are trying to save their lives."

@AlexCrawfordSky speaks to a man in Delhi who has helped set up a unit to offer oxygen to COVID patients

Doctors in India have been reduced to begging for help on social media, asking people to help boost the low oxygen supplies.

People were dying on the pavement outside one of the biggest hospitals in Delhi.

Catch up with @AlexCrawfordSky's report

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"There is no dignity in death here."

Watch the full report from Delhi, showing hospitals overwhelmed by COVID-19 in India as they scramble for enough oxygen cylinders for patients