Out of the 571 cases in the state, 522 cases are from the people who had attended the Tablighi Jamat in Delhi, said Tamil Nadu Health Secretary Beela Rajesh Chennai: As many as 86 people, including 85 returnees from the Delhi Tablighi Jamat meet on Sunday tested positive for coronavirus in Tamil Nadu, taking the total number of cases in the state to 571, a senior official said.
This is the fifth straight day the state has witnessed a sharp surge in the number of positive cases. While 85 men were attendees of the conference, another man had a travel history to Dubai, Tamil Nadu Health Secretary Beela Rajesh said.