Six people of Telangana who participated Nizamuddin congregation in Delhi dies due to COVID-19

The Telangana government has revealed that six people who participated in a religious congregation in Delhi's Nizamuddin area, tested positive for coronavirus and have now died.

Over 2,000 delegates, including from Indonesia and Malaysia, attended the congregation of Tablighi Jamaat, a Muslim religious organisation, from March 1-15, in the Nizamuddin West area in Delhi. However, locals said that a large



number of people continued to stay at the Jamaat's 'Markaj' (Centre) even after this period.

The six persons had also attended the congregation, where they are believed to have contracted coronavirus.

Of the six, two died at the Gandhi Hospital and one each at the Apollo Hospital and Global Hospital in Hyderabad. Two others died in the Nizamabad and Gadwal districts respectively.