In a major development, coronavirus cases have jumped to 143 in Andhra Pradesh after 32 people tested positive since Wednesday night. As many as 99 of those tested positive had attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi. A total of 1,085 people from the state went for the Nizamuddin Markaz meet last month. Out of them, 758 were traced and their samples were taken.
Various departments in the districts were working to trace the remaining people. The number of positive cases has doubled during the last 24 hours. As many as 67 people had tested positive on Wednesday.Out of 1,800 samples tested, 758 samples were of those who attended Delhi event and 543 of their contacts.The authorities also screened samples of 226 who returned from abroad and 130 of their contacts. Samples of 143 others were also tested.
IANS
