NEW DELHI: Police in western India say at least 18 Covid-19 patients have died when a fire broke out in a hospital early Saturday.

GRIEF STRICKEN A relative of a person who died of Covid-19 mourns at a crematorium in
Jammu, India on April 30, 2021. Indian scientists appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to publicly release virus data that would allow them to save lives as coronavirus cases climbed again Friday, prompting the army to open its hospitals in a desperate bid to control a massive humanitarian crisis. AP PHOTO

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