Authorities expand crematorium in Delhi's Sarai Kale Khan in view of rising no. of COVID deaths

Amid a rising number of COVID-19 fatalities, authorities have expanded a crematorium in southeast Delhi's Sarai Kale Khan area, officials said on Saturday.

Arrangements have been made to cremate the bodies of COVID-19 victims at a park located inside the crematorium, they added.

Delhi recorded the highest single-day rise in its COVID-19 death toll on Saturday with 357 more people succumbing to the viral disease as well as over 24,000 fresh cases of the infection.