IN PICS | Despair & Gloom Prevail As India Continues To Witness Record Coronavirus Fatalities

A family member speaks on the phone outside a mortuary in New Delhi, reacting on the death of a relative who died of Covid-19. (PTI Photo/Kamal Kishore)

Family member wearing PPE performs last rites of a Covid-19 victim at Nigambodh Ghat crematorium in New Delhi. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)

Mass cremation of Covid-19 victims at Old Seemapuri Crematorium as coronavirus cases surge in New Delhi. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)

Relatives after hearing about the death of a family member due to Covid-19 at LNJP Hospital in New Delhi. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)

Mass cremation of Covid-19 victims at Old Seemapuri Crematorium as coronavirus cases surge in New Delhi. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)

A Covid-19 patient at a Government run hospital in Kolkata amid countrywide spike in Covid-19 cases. (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra)

People carry oxygen cylinders outside an oxygen-filling center in New Delhi as demand for the gas rises due to spike in coronovirus cases. (PTI Photo)

Health workers wearing protective suits carry the body of a Covid-19 victim at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, as coronavirus cases surge in record numbers countrywide. (PTI Photo)

A record single-day rise of 3,46,786 coronavirus cases pushed India's tally of infection to 1,66,10,481, while active cases crossed the 25-lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. The death toll rose to 1,89,544 with a record 2,624 more fatalities in a day, the data updated at 8 am showed. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)

The 2,624 new fatalities include 773 from Maharashtra, 348 from Delhi, 219 from Chhattisgarh, 196 from Uttar Pradesh, 142 from Gujarat, 190 from Karnataka, 78 from Tamil Nadu and 75 from Punjab. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)

The health ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)

A total of 1,89,544 deaths have been reported so far in the country, including 63,252 from Maharashtra, 14,075 from Karnataka, 13,395 from Tamil Nadu, 13,541 from Delhi, 10,825 from West Bengal, 10,737 from Uttar Pradesh, 8,264 from Punjab and 7,579 from Andhra Pradesh. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)

Family members of Covid-19 patients outside an oxygen-filling center in New Delhi to refill their empty cylinders, as demand for the gas rises due to spike in coronovirus cases. (PTI Photo)

Oxygen cylinders being filled at a center in New Delhi as demand for the gas rises due to spike in coronovirus cases. (PTI Photo)