Seventy-five people have died in India after being infected with novel coronavirus, the Union Health Ministry said today, as the country recorded the biggest spike in cases with over 600 cases in the last 24 hours. The fresh cases take the total to 3,072.
India saw a steep rise in the numner of cases in the last week as hundreds tested positive after attending a religious gathering held by the Tablighi Jamaat in south Delhi's Nizamuddin last month. From 900 cases last Saturday, the case count has now breached the 3,000-mark in a week's time.
With nearly 30% of the overall cases linked to the Tablighi Jamaat event, Delhi's Nizamuddin mosque has become India's biggest hotspot for the deadly virus.
Coronavirus cases have crossed the 1 million-mark globally and nearly 60,000 have died. The United States registered nearly 1,500 deaths from COVID-19 between Thursday and Friday, the highest any country has recorded in 24 hours.
