COVID-19: 386 new cases in 24 hours due to Tablighi Jamaat

As per the Union Health Ministry, 386 new COVID-19 cases have been registered in the past 24 hours (as of 4pm, Wednesday). 132 have recovered so far. There have been 3 deaths in the past 24 hours.

Dr Gangakhedkar of ICMR today said, 47,951 tests are done till now. 4,562 are done till Tuesday in ICMR labs. Capacity utilisation is at 38%. Private labs have conducted 816 tests. There are a total of 126 labs, and 51 private labs are approved till date.

386 is India's biggest single-day jump so far. Most of these cases are related to the Tablighi Jamaat clusters.