16 out of 56 suspected test COVID-19 positive in Palwal; all have Tablighi Jamaat connection
Sixteen out of the 56 people who were suspected of having coronavirus have tested positive in Haryana's Palwal district. As per latest reports, all these people were attendees of Tablighi Jamaat Markaz in Nizamuddin. Earlier in the day, a 51-year-old COVID19 positive patient who attended the same event in Delhi passed away in Tamil Nadu. Meanwhile, there are 411 Coronavirus positive cases in the state, out of which 364 are Tablighi Jamaat attendees. "A male, aged 51-years, died at Villupuram hospital. He was one of the persons who had gone to Delhi to attend the Tablighi Jamaat conference last month," a health department official told IANS.
Palwal district has 17 positive cases, comprising 16 who returned from Nizamuddin Markaz, the highest in the state. One patient was discharged after fully cured. Haryana on Friday reported nine cases of coronavirus patients, taking the total number of cases to 44 in the state. The state saw one death of a COVID-19 patient from Ambala city at the PGI Hospital in Chandigarh.
The number of COVID-19 cases in the country climbed to 2,902 on Saturday while the death toll rose to 68, according to the Union Health Ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases stands at 2,650, while 183 people were either cured or discharged and one had migrated to another country, it said.
As India witnesses a spike in coronavirus cases, the central government on Saturday issued an advisory asking people to wear "homemade face covers" particularly when they step out of their houses in order to curb the spread of COVID-19.
In the 'Advisory on the use of Homemade Protective Cover for Face and Mouth', the government said the use of such masks will help in protecting the community at large and that certain countries have claimed benefits of homemade face masks for the general public.
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