Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh): As India is reeling under the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, another shocking case has been reported from Madhya Pradesh. Nearly 100 per cent of Kumbh returnees from Haridwar has tested positive for the coronavirus.
Of them, 60 people of Gyaraspur in the state's Vidisha district, who returned from the Kumbh in Haridwar found infected with Covid-19.
According to reports, 60 people of 83 people, who had gone for the holy dip at Kumbh Mela from Gyaraspur were tested positive for coronavirus and 22 people have still remained untraced.
Meanwhile, the Vidisha administration has ordered to trace people who visited the Mahakumbh in Haridwar, test them for Covid and quarantine them.
At least 83 pilgrims had left for Haridwar between April 11 and 15 in different buses. Of them, 22 people who returned after attending the Kumbh Mela went missing from the area while 60 have tested positive for Covid-19.
The Kumbh Mela, which is one of the largest religious gatherings in the world drew flak as many Kumbh returnees tested positive for the virus in various states of the country, thus increasing the caseload. In the wake of rising COVID-19 cases, many states mandated the COVID-19 test or quarantine for the returnees from Kumbh.
The state government ordered mandatory quarantine for the Kumbh returnees. The government also warned of strict action against those returnees who withhold information about their travels.
The official said 13,408 people were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, taking the recovery count in the state to 5,08,775, leaving it with 85,750 active cases.
With 59,448 samples being examined in the last 24 hours, the number of tests in MP crossed 79.28 lakh.
Coronavirus figures in MP are as follows: Total cases 6,00,430, new cases 12,062, death toll 5,905, recovered 5,08,775, active cases 85,750, number of tests so far 79,28,482.
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