Coronavirus cases rise to 1,637 in India; 38 dead
India's health and family welfare department reported a rise of 240 cases within the country within the last 12 hours with the amount of COVID-19 cases rising to 1,637.
The ministry reported 38 deaths in India thus far, with 133 patients cured.
There are 1,466 active cases of COVID-19 within the country, the ministry informed.
Meanwhile, a minimum of 22 people from Mallapuram district who had attended the Tablighi meeting at Delhi's Nizamuddin are placed under home quarantined on their return, Superintendent of Police Abdul Kareem said on Wednesday.
In Andhra Pradesh, the entire number of cases rose to 87 on Tuesday night. Most of those cases were to the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi. Andhra Pradesh's West Godavari district and Kadapa district reported a surge in cases with a minimum of 28 cases.
Five new cases were reported in Chittoor, four in Prakasam, two in east Godavari, one each in Krishna and Visakhapatnam districts, consistent with the state medical and health department.
As the country continued its effort to fight the virus, the Uttar Pradesh government gave licenses to 48 companies to form 50,000 liters of sanitizers per day
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