Crown Cases in India: 30% of the cases in India linked to the Jamaat event | India News

NEW DELHI: About 30% of total confirmed Covid-19 cases in India are linked to the Tablighi Jamaat event held in mid-March at Nizamuddin Markaz in New Delhi, the health ministry said on Saturday highlighting how the event contributed significantly a Number of cases from 23 states, including those with high infection burden.
Of the total of 14,378 confirmed cases of Covid-19, 4,291 or 29.8% were linked to the Islamic religious congregation.

These cases span 23 states and Union territories, which include most high-burden states, said joint secretary of the health ministry, Lav Agarwal. He added that 80% of the cases in Tamil Nadu, 63% in Delhi, 79% in Telangana, 59% in Uttar Pradesh and 61% in Andhra Pradesh are related to the event.

In addition, some states where the number of Covid-19 cases are low also explained cases related to the event.
The Interior Ministry said more than 40,000 people, including members of the congregation and their contacts, were quarantined.
As of now, Covid-19’s death rate is 3.3%. A subsequent government analysis of Covid-19 deaths so far shows that 75.3% of deaths are among people over the age of 60, while 83% of deaths were in people with comorbidities.
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Among the deceased, 14.4% of people are in the age group of 0 to 45 years, 10.3% in the age group of 45 to 60 years, 33.1% in the age group of 60 to 75 years and 42.2% were over the age of 75, Agarwal said.
“This highlights the previously highlighted facts that older people and people with comorbidities are at increased risk,” he said.
According to the government, a total of 14,378 confirmed cases of Covid-19 have been reported in the country. Up to 1,992 people, or 13.85% of all cases, have been cured and discharged.
A total of 43 deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 480.
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