10 things you need to know today: April 30, 2021

Published Apr 30 2021 at 10:33 AM GMT

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India's health ministry on Thursday reported 379,257 new coronavirus infections, the latest in a series of global single-day records set during the country's devastating second wave of COVID-19.
India also confirmed another 3,645 COVID-19 deaths, the most it has seen in a single day since the pandemic started.
Hospitals have filled up in Delhi and started turning away patients and their family members.
Gravediggers and crematorium employees are working around the clock to keep up as the toll rises.
"I'm not scared of COVID," Mumbai gravedigger Sayyed Munir Kamruddin, 52, said.