31 of extended family test positive for COVID-19 in Delhi

 Thirty-one members of an extended family, including children, residing in rth Delhi Jahangirpuri area, have tested positive for COVID-19, officials said on Saturday.

All of m have been sent to a self-isolation centre in Narela, a senior official said. A woman from mirity community, living in Jahangirpuri died on April 8, and her coronavirus test came positive on April 10, ar senior official said.

"Twenty-six of extended family members of woman tested positive on Friday and rest five tested positive today. All of m are asymptomatic though, and y include children," official said.

portion of Jahangirpuri, where y lived, was declared a containment zone on April 10 and sealed, officials said.

"People are violating rms of containment zones, and moving in and out in neighbourhood, though y are supposed to stay put inside ir houses to prevent any spread of virus," he said.

Eight new containment zones were added on Saturday, taking ir total number in Delhi to 76, officials said.

number of coronavirus cases in Delhi stood at 1,707 till Friday including 42 deaths.