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NEW DELHI: In a massive surge in fresh cases led by 82 in Maharashtra and 57 in Tamil Nadu, 315 new coronavirus infections were reported in the country on Tuesday — nearly double the previous day’s number — taking the total number of cases detected in India galloping to 1,618.
The number of deaths among Covid-19 cases too rose by nine to 52 so far.
As many as 626 new cases have been reported in the past three days, accounting for nearly 40% of all cases so far.
Delhi, which has become one of the worst affected states with at least two major hotspots, Nizamuddin and Dilshad Garden area of the city, confirmed 23 new cases taking its total tally to 120. This, however, doesn’t include any fresh case of Covid-19 among the people taken out from Nizamuddin mosque as the government claimed their test reports were awaited.
The Delhi government said, of the 23 new cases, eight had travel history, seven had come in contact with infected persons and the details of eight others were under investigation. Sources said the Delhi figures may shoot up exponentially in the coming days as 441 out of 1,548 followers members of Tablighi Jamaat, who were taken out from the mosque on Sunday and Monday, are highly symptomatic of Covid-19.
With the rush of new cases on Tuesday, Mahar