As on april 2, based on information from various state governments, around 4,755 people from south india attended the Tablighi jamaat markaz in Nizamuddin in delhi from march 8 to 21. Of them, around 400 people from tamil Nadu are quarantined in delhi as they could not return home due to the lockdown. The meeting was called off after the Janata Curfew was announced on the evening of march 21. Of the people who attended, almost 440 persons from south india are confirmed to have COVID-19.

 

Although the official data is not conclusive as states like karnataka and kerala have not provided adequate information, based on what has been gathered so far, here is the break up of how many attended the congregation from the five southern states and how many have tested positive till now for COVID-19.

 

tamilnadu has declared that 1,103 people from tamil Nadu attended the meeting of which samples were taken from most. 659 samples were tested, 264 of them were tested positive and a few are pending. The state government said that in addition, 400 people from the state are in New delhi as they could not return due to the lockdown. As many as 1085 people attended the meeting from andhra pradesh, of which 758 people were screened and 111 people tested positive. (This includes 20 contacts of participants)

 

157 people from kerala attended the Tablighi Jamaat meeting, of which 150 came back to kerala and the rest are still in Delhi. On thursday, the state government announced that 2 persons who attended the meeting tested positive. kerala has so far taken samples from 60 people who attended the meeting. karnataka Commissioner of the health and Family Welfare Department, Pankaj Kumar Pandey on thursday said that 1000 participants (of total 1500 odd) have been screened. Of this, 391 people have been quarantined, 200 samples were tested and six persons were symptomatic. 

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