With states announcing stricter restrictions and curfews, there are ominous signs already.In December, three covid-19 patients in a Madhya Pradesh government hospital died after a power failure disrupted oxygen supply.
More recently, a covid patient died in a Tamil Nadu hospital because of a power failure.Experts said that rural India is likely to be the worst affected, with government data showing that nearly 39,000 health sub-centres in rural India were functioning without electricity supply.In Jharkhand, 66% of sub-centres had no power supply, while the figure was 64% in Bihar.“Though in Varanasi, power cuts have reduced over the past couple of years.