Breaking: 110 new cases in TN today, all attended Nizamuddin Markaz

April 1: In a shocking revelation, Tamil Nadu on Wednesday reported 110 new coronavirus positive cases and curiously all of them attended the Tablighi  at Markaz Nizamuddin in the capital city. This takes the state’s tally to 234, of which 190 people have been to Nizamuddin. The increasing number of Coronavirus cases in Tamil Nadu has vaulted the State to the third-most affected on out of the total 1966 cases in the country.

Tamil Nadu has traced some 981 of the nearly 1500 who attended the Tablighi congregation. Besides, Tablighi Jamaat preachers from Indonesia and Thailand touring the State have left some people infected in Erode, Madurai and Salem district.

“Since last night, people who took part in the Delhi conference started to arrive at hospitals as soon as the state government put forward the request for self declaration. We have been working day and night on this,” said Health Secretary Beela Rajesh.

The district wise break up for the latest cases is – Tirunelveli – 6, Coimbatore – 28, Erode – 2, Theni – 20, Dindigul – 17, Madurai – 9, Tirupathur – 7, Chengalpet – 7, Sivagangai – 5, Tuticorin – 2, Tiruvarur – 2, Karur – 1, Kanchi – 2, Chennai – 1 and Tiruvannamalai – 1.