102 more test positive for virus; T.N. count hits 411

364 cases linked to Nizamuddin event

04/04/2020, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,CHENNAI

Tamil Nadu witnessed another surge in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Friday. A total of 102 persons tested positive for COVID-19, of which 100 were linked to the Tablighi Jamaat conference held at Nizamuddin in Delhi.

With this, the COVID-19 count in the State stands at 411.

“Of the 411 COVID-19 cases in T.N., 364 are connected to the Nizamuddin conference. A total of 1,103 persons who attended the conference are already with us. A few more have reported. The number has reached close to 1,200. Apart from the 364 who have tested positive, 303 have tested negative, and a few samples are under process,” Health Secretary Beela Rajesh told reporters.

Of the 100 patients, one — a resident of Chennai — had contact with persons who attended the conference.

Thirty-two persons from Chennai, 26 from Dindigul, 10 from Villupuram, six persons from Tirunelveli, five each from Nagapattinam and Tiruvarur, four from Thoothukoodi, three each from Namakkal and Karur, two from Salem and one each from Kancheepuram, Theni and Virudhunagar — all conference participants — tested positive and are in isolation wards of hospitals.

The remaining are residents of Chennai — one with a travel history to the U.S. and another with co-morbid conditions.

The health department is looking into the contact and travel history of the latter, she said.