Some 111 guests tested positive for Covid-19 after a wedding in India’s northern Bihar state. The groom also died a day after the wedding on 16 June, NDTV reported. However, it’s not clear if he had the virus as he was not tested.

More than 350 people attended the wedding on 15 June and the groom drove approximately 1,095km (680 miles) for the event.

Authorities have been contact tracing and isolating those who attended the wedding for the past week, local media reported.

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Officials have also opened an investigation into why more than 50 people attended – the maximum number of guests allowed at a wedding under the new rules in light of the virus.

Bihar has confirmed more than 9,500 cases and 60 deaths so far.

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