Over 15 people from Telangana who attended Nizamuddin event tested positive for Covid-19, rises to 91

The Telangana government on Tuesday confirmed that 15 people who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi's Nizamuddin area have tested positive for coronavirus.

This takes the total number of Covid-19 infected persons in Telangana to 91 of which 14 have been cured. The number of active coronavirus cases in the state now stands at 77.

Late on Monday night, the state government reported that six people who had attended the Delhi congregation have died of coronavirus. A government press release late Monday said the six persons who attended the



congregation between March 13 and 15 died due to coronavirus.

The Telangana government has appealed all those who returned from the Tablighi event and their family members to report to the Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad immediately for a checkup.

"We estimate over 1,000 persons might have attended the congregation in Delhi. Respective district collectors and police personnel were on the job to locate people who came in contact with them after their return. Family members of the deceased were quarantined depending on the symptoms they show," the official said.