Cases Double in 4.1 days due to Tablighi Jamaat event

India's death toll from Covid-19 rose to 83 on Sunday,  with 11 fatalities since Saturday. The number of confirmed infections across the country stood at 3577 cases,  274 persons have recovered,  the Union Heath minister said.

Rapid Increase: - The Number of confirmed covid-19 cases In India crossed 4000 on Sunday,  while it took 55 days for 500 cases it took only one day for it to jump from 3500-4000.India on Thursday blacklisted 960 foreigners involved in Tablighi Jamaat activities and also cancelled their tourist visas for violating the lockdown measures imposed nationwide to break the chain of novel coronavirus pandemic. 



The minister maintained that last months tablighi Jamaat gathering in Delhi has pushed up the doubling rate of cases in India to 4.1 days from the estimated 7.4 days.
State heath department put the death toll across the country at 127 with 3603, active cases.  The maximum number of cases continued to be reported from Maharashtra at 748, with 13 fatalities in the past 24 hours,  Tamil Nadu followed with 559 active cases reporting two fatalities since Saturday.

Starting that there is no evidence to suggest airborne transmission of the Novel Coronavirus head of epidemiology and communicable diseases,  with the Indian council of Medical Research Raman Gangakhedkar said rapid antibody based blood test for Covid-19 would be deployed by Wednesday for high prevalence areas and hotspots across India.




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