One-and-a-half-month-old baby dies of coronavirus in Delhi hospital; COVID-19 cases cross 16,000

A one-and-a-half-month-old baby boy in Delhi has died of coronavirus becoming the country's youngest victim of the infection which also affected a 12-day-old infant girl in Bhopal, as COVID-19 cases jumped by over one thousand for the sixth straight day on Sunday prompting authorities to scale up rapid antibody based blood tests.

Coronavirus infections crossed 16,000 with 1,324 cases being reported in the last 24 hours and the death toll surpassed 500, according to the Union Health ministry data, as Uttar Pradesh became the seventh state after Maharashtra, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat to record over 1,000 COVID-19 infections.

In Maharashtra, there was a big spike in the cases to touch 4,200. A state Health official said there were 552 new cases in the last 24 hours.

Citing the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in the national capital last month, which emerged as a major coronavirus hotspot, and the large inflow of travellers from other countries to Delhi as the