On 8 August 2020, Indian Medical Association announced that 198 doctors have died due to COVID.[317] This number was increased to 515 by October 2020.[318][319] By 3 February 2021, the Indian Medical Association announced that 734 doctors died due to COVID-19.[320] However just a day before the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare announced in the Rajya Sabha that 162 doctors had died due to COVID-19.[320]
Main article: 2020 Tablighi Jamaat coronavirus hotspot in Delhi
The Nizamuddin faction of the Tablighi Jamaat held a religious congregational programme (Ijtema) in Nizamuddin West, Delhi in March.[321][322][323] The Delhi Government's order against organising seminars, conferences or any big event (beyond 200 people) was apparently ignored by the organisation, and the Delhi Police also failed to enforce it.[324][325] The gathering emerged as one of India's major coronavirus hotspots.[326] The entire Nizamuddin West area was cordoned off by the police as of 30 March, and medical camps were set up.[327] On 18 April, the Central Government stated that 4,291 cases (or 29.8% of the total 14,378 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in India) were linked to the Tablighi Jamaat, and these cases were spread across 23 states and Union Territories.[328] As of 4 April, about 22,000 people who came in contact with the Tablighi Jamaat missionaries had to be quarantined.[329]
