1st COVID-19 positive case in Arunachal Pradesh, Nizamuddin Markaz connection

April 2: A 31-year-old man, who attended a congregation in Delhi’s Nizamuddin West, tested positive for COVID-19 in Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday, making it the first case of coronavirus in Arunachal Pradesh, health officials said. The swab sample of the man, a resident of Medo area in the district, was sent for testing to the Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) at Dibrugarh in Assam and the report came back as positive, Health Secretary P Prathiban said. The man attended the congregation in Nizamuddin on March 13.