Tamil Nadu 2nd-Worst Hit By Coronavirus In India As 74 More Test Positive After Attending Nizamuddin Tablighi Jamaat

Seventy-five more persons tested positive for Coronavirus (Covid-19) in Tamil Nadu today (2 April), taking the total number of those affected by the pandemic virus to 309.

Seventy-four of the 75 had got infected with Covid-19 after they attended Delhi Nizamudding Banglewali Marakaz event of the Tablighi Jamaat during mid-March, Sun TV reported quoting Tamil Nadu Health Secretary Beela Rajesh.

The latest positive cases of Coronavirus has vaulted Tamil Nadu to the second position among the States that have reported the pandemic in the country. India’s Coronavirus cases topped 2,100 today.

Tamil Nadu’s Coronavirus cases have increased six times since the last four days after those who went from the State for the Aalami Mashwara event at Banglewali Markaz began testing positive.

At least 270 of those who have tested positive for Covid-19 have attended the Nizamuddin Markaz congregation.

One person has succumbed to the pandemic virus, while six have recovered.

The most number of cases for Tamil Nadu today were reported from Coimbatore with 20 persons affected, while 20 persons tested positive for pandemic in Theni district. As a result, at least a total of 160 Tablighi attendees from Tamil Nadu have tested positive so far.

An issue that is of concern is 24 of the 38 districts have reported Covid-19 positive cases and more districts could be affected as results of many others are awaited.

Nearly 86,500 persons have been placed under home quarantine conditions, Rajesh said.

Tablighi Jamaat preachers from Indonesia and Thailand touring the State have left some people infected in Erode, Madurai and Salem districts besides the infection cases from the Banglewali Markaz congregation.

The lone person who succumbed to Coronavirus in Tamil Nadu was infected by a group of Thailand Tablighi preachers at a meeting in Madurai Anna Nagar mosque. The wife and kids of the deceased person have also tested Covid-19 positive.

Two Thailand and four Indonesian visiting Tablighi Jamaat preachers have tested positive for Coronavirus in Tamil Nadu, among the worst-affected due to Tablighi Jamaat activities of visit the state and through contact at the Nizamuddin Banglewali masjid event that was held late in March.

Tamil Nadu officials are facing an uphill task of getting those who attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation to undergo screening as some of them have switched off their phones, while some are resisting.