Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Aggarwal while briefing the media on Monday (6 April) informed that 1,445 Covid-19 cases out of the total 4,067 in India are linked to the members of the Tablighi jamaat, ANI has reported.

As per the Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Punya Salila Srivastava the authorities have quarantined more than 25,000 Tablighi Jamaat members and their contacts in the country so far. Five villages in Haryana visited by the Jamaat members have been sealed.

The Tablighi Jamaat congregation held in Delhi’s Markaz Nizamuddin from 13 to 18 March has emerged as one of the largest coronavirus infection vectors in the country.