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by throw0101a 1872 days ago
> Do you know how far kumbh is to Bangalore.

Do you know how far the province of Quebec is from Europe, Caribbean and Latin America, and US/Florida? Because that's where a few people went and caused an explosion of cases in March 2020:

> The researchers found that as few as 247 spring break travellers were at the root of Quebec’s nearly 70,000 cases. The week off ended March 9th, and those who came back from abroad circulated freely in the community for days.

* https://globalnews.ca/news/7354322/new-study-coronavirus-que...

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There are more cases in city in Bangalore alone when compared to whole to UP(80Lakh pop vs 22cr). It seems double mutation strains in present in most cases in India. Which initially was seen in Mah. So i do assume it spread from human contact to eveywhere.
Number of cases in UP is highly unreliable, as the current State government is known to be obsessed with maintaining its image and for causing problems for anyone who raises voice against it. It didn't even spare people asking for SOS on twitter - https://scroll.in/latest/993484/up-fir-filed-against-man-who...

It is also the state, where the police recently took an oxygen cylinder from a patient for someone who was politically connected [Police wouldn't have done anything this severe, unless they were forced to do the same] (https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/twitter-furious-over-c...)