With 23 cases, Nuh emerges as Haryana’s new hotspot

Shubhra Pant | TNN | Apr 8, 2020, 07:08 IST

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GURUGRAM: Nuh, earlier known as Mewat, on Tuesday reported 23 new cases of the novel coronavirus, becoming Haryana’s biggest Covid hotspot. At 37, the district now has the highest number of cases out of the state’s tally of 129.
Tuesday’s rise was the steepest in Nuh so far. Of the 23 fresh cases, only three are locals, from Khanpur Ghati, Sidravati and Siroli villages, while the rest are outsiders. All of them are from the Tablighi Jamaat chain.
Nine of the district’s 37 patients are of foreign origin — six from Sri Lanka and one each from South Africa, Indonesia and Thailand. The others include five each from Kerala, Bihar and UP; three each from Nuh and J&K; two each from Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu; and one from Madhya Pradesh.
Except for one, all cases in Nuh have a Jamaat link. “We had sent 337 samples for testing, out of which 37 were positive and 253 negative. The results of 65 others are awaited,” said an official. Nearly 220 people have been have been in touch with Covid-19 patients and have been placed in isolation, the official added.
Meanwhile, in Palwal, three more cases — all imams of local mosques who had attended the Jamaat — were reported on Tuesday. The district now has 28 cases and all barring one are linked to Jamaat.
With inputs from Ipsita Pati