Three Tablighi attendees test corona positive in Himachal
New Delhi: Suspected coronavirus patients being taken to Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital from Delhi's Nizamuddin area where a religious congregation of 2000 people at a mosque has thrown up several corona positive cases as six of the persons who returned to Telangana have died from the virus and positive cases are emerging from at least five regions including J&K, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and the Andaman and Nicobar islands; on March 31, 2020. The suspected outbreak was discovered earlier today in Delhi as it emerged that several hid their travel history to foreign countries and a large congregation was held on March 13-5 at the at the Tabligh-e-Jamaat's Markaz in Nizamuddin. The area was sealed today and hundreds of those present were whisked away to hospitals. With this the coronavirus death toll in the country is 43 while the total number of cases has risen to 1,280.
Shimla, (Samajweekly) Three people in Himachal Pradesh who have returned to the state after attending a religious congregation of Tablighi Jamaat markaz in the Nizamuddin area of Delhi were tested coronavirus positive on Thursday, an official said.
A total of 190 people have been identified to have returned to the state after attending the congregation.
The three positive cases relating to Tablighi Jamaat attendees were reported in a masjid in Una town and sent to the medical college in Tanda in Kangra district, Additional Chief Secretary (Health) R.D. Dhiman said.
Five others, who were staying three, were quarantined to prevent the spread of the disease, the official added.
With the three cases, the total number of positive cases in the state rose to six with the death of one patient.
