Amazon Prime Day Sale postpones in India due to surging COVID-19 Cases

Amazon India has postponed its annual Prime Day sale in India due to the surge in COVID-19 cases in India, a company spokesperson confirmed.

The second wave of COVID-19 has wreaked havoc in the country. In the past week, India has reported 1.5 million new infections and record daily death tolls as its hospitals run out of beds and medical oxygen.

As per the CNBC report, Amazon had postponed Prime Day sales in India and Canada in view of the rising COVID cases. The company said that it is pausing the annual sale event in both countries but did not announce a new date.

The Prime Day sale usually takes place in July but this time it would not happen on the scheduled date due to the coronavirus pandemic. In 2020, Amazon had hosted the Prime Day sale in October in the US and several other countries.