Coronavirus / 693 new coronavirus cases have been reported in last 24 hours: Government

Health Ministry's Joint Secretary Lav Aggarwal on Monday said that 693 new coronavirus cases have been reported in the last 24 hours. He further said that 1,445 out of the total 4,067 cases are linked to the Tablighi Jamaat event held in Delhi's Nizamuddin. He also said that 76% of the total 4,067 cases are males.

Republic : Apr 06, 2020, 04:46 PM
New Delhi: India has reported 693 new cases of the novel Coronavirus since Sunday taking the total number to 4067, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. The death toll has touched 109, as 30 people succumbed to COVID-19 since Sunday. So far, 291 patients have recovered. 

"693 new #COVID19 cases have been reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total number to 4067 in India out of which 1445 cases are related to Tablighi Jamaat. 76% of cases have been reported in males and 24% in females," Joint Secretay for Health, Lav Aggarwal said. 

The mortality rate for COVID-19 is high among people aged over 60 years, the official informed. In a breakdown of the deaths reported, the official said that 63% of the deaths have been reported among people over 60 years age, 30% in the age bracket of 40 to 60 years and 7% of victims were below 40 years of age. He further informed that young people with co-morbidities are also at risk.

Co-morbidity is the presence of one or more additional diseases or disorders occurring concomitantly with a primary disease or disorder.

Punya Salila Srivastava, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) informed that the government has so far quarantined over 25,000 Tablighi Jamaat workers and their contacts. Five Haryana villages where they visited have also been sealed.