Covid-19 cases reach 234 in Tamil Nadu; 1,103 among those who had attended Delhi conference isolated – Times of India

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu on Wednesday reported 110 more Covid-19 positive cases, taking the total number of patients to 234.
These new patients belonged to a group that had travelled to Delhi to attend a conference conducted by the Tablighi Jamaat, said state health secretary Beela Rajesh.
“Many people came to health facilities as soon as we made an appeal on Tuesday. So far, 1,103 of the 1,131 people have come for testing. They are in hospital isolation and are being tested. So far, 190 of them have tested positive for the viral infection,” she said.
Samples had been drawn from 658 people from this cluster, she said. The 110 people are from 15 districts in the state.
The state is making special containment plans around the houses of people who tested positive from this group. Containment and buffer zones are being drawn up. Containment areas have been cordoned off preventing entry and exit.
“If close contacts or those in the containment zone are affected they should approach the health department,” she said.
The first case in the cluster tested positive on March 21 after two Thai nationals were brought to IRT Perundurai Medical College Hospital with symptoms of cough and cold.
At least 300 people, who attended the conference, are still in Delhi. “Many of them tested positive for Covid-19,” she said.
“We have been screening people at domestic airports and railway stations since then,” she said denying any delay in preventing a surge in infection.
“It is not something that happened in one day. They met at the conference in Delhi and they have been moving around in the state,” she said.

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