Scores of dead bodies found floating in India's Ganges River - The Associated Press

NEW DELHI (AP) — Scores of dead bodies have been found floating down the Ganges River in eastern India as the country battles a ferocious surge in coronavirus infections.

Health officials working through the night Monday retrieved 71 bodies, officials in Bihar state said.

More corpses were found floating in the river on Tuesday, washing up in Ghazipur district in neighboring Uttar Pradesh state.