30 pc infections linked to Tablighi meet, says Centre

The Health Ministry said the testing capacity has been ramped up significantly to over 10,000 tests per day to detect the deadly coronavirus infection, as it emphasised on continuous compliance to lockdown and social distancing measures, along with personal and environmental hygiene, to win this “daily battle”.

Officials said over 1,000 cases of infection have been found to be linked to the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in the national capital last month, but massive efforts by various authorities have led to nearly 22,000 people linked to the religious grouping and their primary contacts getting quarantined. Overall, tens of thousands are quarantined but their overall number could not be ascertained.

Earlier, Joint Secretary in the Health Ministry Lav Agarwal said, “Total of 3,374 confirmed COVID-19 cases have been reported till now, including an additional 472 new cases that have been reported since yesterday. Total 79 deaths reported including 11 additional deaths since yesterday. 267 persons have also recovered...The doubling rate for the cases of Covid-19 cases in the country is at present 4.1 days and this would have been 7.4 days had the Tablighi Jamaat cases not surfaced,” he said