Coronavirus live news: world record India cases for second day; Germany braces for ‘emergency brake’

A municipal worker is seen through funeral pyres for Covid victims at a cremation ground in Virar West, on the outskirts of Mumbai, India. Photograph: Divyakant Solanki/EPA

source https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2021/apr/23/coronavirus-live-news-india-reports-world-record-cases-for-second-day-japan-to-declare-emergency-measures