Groom Dies And Over 110 Guests Contract Coronavirus After Wedding In Eastern India

A newly wed couple has died and more than 110 guests have tested positive for Coronavirus after a wedding in eastern India, it is reported.

The 26-year-old groom was suffering Covid-19 symptoms when he got married on June 15, officials in Bihar state confirmed to the newsmen agency on Wednesday.

The groom, who returned home from near New Delhi only a week before the wedding, had displayed symptoms before his wedding day.

He was briefly admitted to hospital, but was discharged in time for the nuptials at which more than 300 guests were welcomed.

He died at his home two days later, with nearly 200 people attending the funeral, some of whom were present at both events.

Some 111 people who attended either the wedding or the funeral have now tested positive for the disease, the state capital’s chief medical officer Raj Kishor Chaudhary said.

Neither the bride nor any of the groom’s relatives tested positive for the disease, officials said.

Doctors are unable to confirm whether the unnamed groom was the source of the infection as he was cremated before tests could be carried out.

But Mr Chaudhary said around 400 people who attended the wedding or funeral would need to self-isolate following a surge in infections in the region.