1,445 Out Of 4,067 COVID-19 Cases Linked To Tablighi Jamaat: Health Ministry
Mumbai: Out of a total of 4,067 cases, 1,445 cases pertain to the Tablighi Jamaat, Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Monday.
“There have been 693 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, with a total number of 4,067, of which 1,445 cases are related to the Tablighi Jamaat,” Aggarwal said in a daily press conference here.
The Joint Secretary said that 76 per cent of the cases are male and 24 per cent are female.
He said, “In 47% of the cases, the victims are under 40 years old, and in 34% of the cases the patients are 40-60 years old. In 19% of the cases the patients are 60 years or older.”
Aggarwal said that all 109 people have died of coronavirus so far, of which 30 died on Sunday. He said that 73 per cent of deaths are related to men and 27 per cent to women.
Aggarwal said that if elderly people test COVID-19 positively, then the risk associated with it is high.
“63 per cent of deaths have occurred in people 60 years or older and 30 per cent in those aged 40-60 years and 7 per cent in those under 40,” he said.
He said that Indian Railways transported sugar through 1340 wagons, salt through 958 wagons and edible oil through 316 wagons/tanks to various parts of the country in the last 13 days.
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“There was a meeting of the Council of Ministers today, which further discussed the action plan in relation to COVID-19 challenges. A detailed guideline has been issued by the Ministry of Health in which we have focused on the signs, symptoms and isolation issues,” Aggarwal said.
He said, “Rs. 1,100 crore has already been released from the National Health Mission Fund for the states. Also, an additional amount of Rs. 3,000 crore has been released today.”
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