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New Delhi June 15In Delhi thousands of commuters crowded into underground train stations and shopping malls on Tuesday prompting some doctors to warn it could lead to a resurgence in Covid-19 infections. Thousands died in the capital in May as oxygen supplies all but vanished and families pleaded on social media over scarce hospital beds. People paid 20 times the usual price to secure ambulances and hearses many died in parking lots and morgues ran out of space. After a strict five-week lockdown in Delhi authorities have fully re-opened shops and malls and allowed restaurants to have 50 per cent seating. The South Asian country's total Covid-19 caseload now stands at 29.57 million the second-highest globally behind the United States..