COVID-19 second wave sweeps across country; Mumbai records over 5500 cases, 1500 in Delhi

The second wave of Covid pandemic appears to be advancing swiftly across the country with several states registering a big spike in the number of cases. While Mumbai recorded 5,504 new COVID-19 cases and 14 deaths in the last 24 hours, national capital Delhi also witnessed a three-month high tally of 1,515 cases on Thursday.