Tamil Nadu on Tuesday reported 57 new cases of the novel Coronavirus on Tuesday, with 50 of them having travelled to the Tablighi Jamaat’s gathering in Delhi on 13-15 March, state health minister C.
Vijayabaskar tweeted. With the new cases, the total number of covid-19 patients in the state soared to 124 from 74 just a day ago.
Out of the 50 patients, 23 are from Tirunelveli, 18 are from Namakkal and the rest are from Chennai and Kanyakumari, Vijayabaskar tweeted. “Contact tracing of Delhi Travelers is in progress.
Will share information on this tomorrow," Vijayabaskar tweeted. Earlier in the day, Tamil Nadu health secretary Beela Rajesh had said that 1,130 people had returned from Delhi to Tamil Nadu, and the state government had