Noida: Two people who attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi's Nizamuddin are among 16 fresh cases of coronavirus in Gautam Buddh Nagar, taking the district's virus tally to 80, officials said.
Gautam Buddh Nagar in western Uttar Pradesh adjoining Delhi is among the 15 districts in the state where hotspots (areas that have recorded multiple COVID-19 cases) of coronavirus cases have been sealed.
The 16 fresh cases were reported on Monday. This is the sharpest single day spike for the district where the first case was recorded on March 5, according to officials. "On Monday, results of 244 samples were obtained of which 228 were negative and 16 positive.