Amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases across in India, 66 residents of a village in Maharashtra tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Following the huge spike in COVID-19 cases, fear has gripped the citizens of Khanepuri village in Jalna district, which has a population of 1,700.

Speaking to Mumbai Mirror, a medical officer said that between November 26 and December 3, a total of 66 people in the village tested COVID-19 positive, "On December 1 alone, as many as 35 villagers were found infected," he said.