November 6, 2024

Little less than 50 per cent UP Corona cases related to Jamaat

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 Lucknow,May 02(HS)Tablighi Jamaat chief Mohammad Saad may not like it,but the Uttar Pradesh government said on Saturday that forty-eight per cent of Coronavirus cases being treated in different hospitals in the state are related to the  organisation.

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With 14 new cases reported so far today,the total number has crossed 2300-mark.As many as 1117 of them have been one way or the other connected with the Jamaat.

More than 12 Jamaatis  have been sent to jail so far out of which nine are foreign nationals.They had come on tourist visas and had indulged in religious activities which is a violation of the rule.

Agra,the city of Taj,is the epicentre. More than 100 Covid-19 cases have been found in the city in last three days.As many as 22 cases were detected on Friday.The death tally in the state has crossed 40-mark.