In Pics | India struggles to breathe as oxygen crisis continues

India’s Covid-19 crisis is turning increasingly macabre. With daily new infections crossing the 3 lakh-mark, demand for oxygen has risen exponentially with supply unable to satiate the need for oxygen. The government has taken a number of steps to step up oxygen supply such as waiving customs duty on oxygen and oxygen-related equipment for three months. However, the crisis continues to wreak havoc across the country.Here's a look at the oxygen crisis in India:

Patients suffering from the coronavirus disease get treatment at Delhi's LNJP Hospital. Credit: Reuters Photo

Shortage of oxygen has been one of the biggest issues in the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Credit: Reuters Photo

Social media has become an agent to connect people in need of oxygen with suppliers and organisations helping Covid-19 patients. Credit: Reuters Photo

22 patients at Nashik's Dr Zakir Hussain Hospital died due to low oxygen supply following leakage in a tank. Over 150 patients were undergoing treatment in oxygen and ventilator beds at the hospital. Credit: PTI Photo

The Centre on Saturday decided to waive off basic custom duty and health cess on oxygen and oxygen-related equipment for three months in order to give a boost to its supply and thereby, address the burgeoning problem of medical oxygen crunch in hospitals across the country. Credit: AFP Photo

The first Oxygen Express carrying oxygen for Covid-19 patients arrived in Nashik on Saturday. The special train came from Visakhapatnam and took a day's time to reach Nashik. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has thanked his Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik for sparing oxygen for the worst-affected state. Credit: PTI Photo