Groom Died Two Days After His Wedding, Positive With COVID-19

Among 300-ish guests invited to the wedding, at least 79 have become infected with COVID-19 after a wedding ritual taking place in Bihar. The wedding became a super spreader in the region.

The wedding reportedly took place on 15 June in the Dehpali village, Paliganj city, Patna district. While the wedding didn’t violate the rules of not organizing large gatherings of the government, 300-odd guests attended a pre-wedding ritual. Some of the guests came from Bihta and Naubatpur towns.

During the wedding, the groom had a fever. And two days after, he died. The groom was reportedly a software engineer who came home from his workplace in Gurugram. He hadn’t been tested for COVID-19 before he was cremated.

Paliganj’s Block Development Officer, Chiranjeev Pandey, said that 79 guests from the wedding have been tested positive.

However, The Indian Express reported, out of 360 attendees, 113 were infected.

At the time of writing, no more deaths have been reported. Pandey added that 20 people had already recovered and returned to their homes.

The positive cases spiked from June 24 and 26. During this time, the authorities set up a special camp to test the wedding guests. Parts of the neighboring areas as well as the sub-urban marketplace were also sealed.

With Unlock 1.0, people have certain freedoms. And one of them was organizing or attending wedding ceremonies with a maximum of 50 people.

Pandey said that the officials had no information regarding the event.

At the moment, Bihar has recorded over 10,000 COVID-19 cases. The state is one of the regions in the country with the lowest testing rates.

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