mo4ch:>India sees sharpest ever single-day spike in Covid-19 cases as nationwide total nears 7,500 | Mo4ch News

India has seen its greatest surge in new coronavirus cases since its outbreak began, counting over 1,000 infections in the space of one day, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.The spate of new Covid-19 patients, 1,035 on Friday alone, sends India’s total disease toll to 7,447, ANI reported, citing health officials. Forty new deaths were also recorded on the same day, added to the nearly 200 already accounted for.The sudden increase in infections comes as regional authorities look to track down members of Tablighi Jamaat, a Muslim religious community, after thousands of adherents attended a crowded gathering in Delhi in mid-March, stoking concerns that the group has helped to spread the virus far and wide across India. More than 1,000 of the group’s members have tested positive for the illness, according to figures reported by the Times of India last week, which accounted for 30 percent of all 2,900 cases in the country at the time.Also on rt.comRally for secretive …