New Delhi (CNN) The bodies of more than 30 people have been pulled from the banks of the Ganges River in eastern India, as a second Covid-19 wave ravages the country and engulfs its healthcare system. Indian media quoted Ashok Kumar, a local official for the town of Chausa in Bihar state's Buxar district, who corroborated reports of the discovery of bodies circulating on social media. District officials have collected the bodies for autopsies but said in a statement that the condition of the bodies suggested they had been in the water for three to four days. But it is possible that they have floated down the river from other cities situated along the river," the statement read. Buxar borders India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, where a lockdown was extended over the weekend until May 17.

Source: CNN May 10, 2021 20:37 UTC