On Friday, Delhi government reported 93 new cases of which 77 has attended the Jamaat function last month. These include the 52 admitted to AIIMS Jhajjar. A person from Tablighi Jamaat, who had been evacuated from the Nizamuddin markaz three days ago and shifted to AIIMS jhajjar, died 2 days ago. The authorities said on Friday that his test result have now come positive. The other corona virus linked death in the capital isn’t connected to the Jamaat, they added.
“A 78 year old man with known co-morbidity, who had tested positive for Covid-19, died at a private hospital in east Delhi. He wasn’t one of the Tablighi Jamaatis,” said the officials. On 27th of March, New Delhi’s COVID patient count was 72 but within a week, the number has slightly increased to 386, mainly on account of the explosion of new cases linked to Nizamuddin.
“More than 3,000 Tablighi members, including some foreigners from different countries are also affected by CORONA, participated in religious congregations at the Nizamuddin last month. Of the 386 cases reported in Delhi, 67% (259) are Jamaati members, the officials said.
“At least eight CORONA patients, mostly Jamaati members, admitted in different hospitals in Delhi are on ICU support and two serious cases are on ventilator support. The number may go up further as reports of many members of the organisation, who are quarantined at various hospitals and isolation facilities, is awaited, sources said.
Reference : TOI
