India reports record COVID-19 cases; priest who shared stage with Modi tests positive

LUCKNOW, India: India reported another record jump in its surging coronavirus cases on Thursday with nearly 67,000 new infections, among them a religious leader who shared a stage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a ceremonyNritya Gopal Das, an 82-year-old Hindu priest, was the latest public figure to test positive after a string of Modi's top Cabinet colleagues were stricken with COVID-19, including interior minister Amit Shah.

Modi and Das were among 170 people who attended the Aug 5 launch of the temple construction in the northern town of Ayodhya.Dr Murli Singh, director of information in Ayodhya, said Das had tested positive and was being moved to a hospital near Delhi. But he added that at the time of the ceremony the priest tested negative and so had not posed an infection risk to Modi.

Television footage showed Modi held Das' hands and bowed before him. Modi's office did not respond to a request for comment."Guidelines were sent to all that only COVID-19 negative people will be allowed in the ceremony," he said, adding doctors on the ground in Ayodhya had run tests before the event started.

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