New Delhi (NVI): Six people from Telangana, who attended ‘Markaz’ event in Delhi’s Nizamuddin area this month, have died of COVID-19, the state government has confirmed.
A religious gathering of 2000 people at Nizamuddin, brought up several corona positive cases, and the six persons from Telanagana contracted the virus as they attended the event.
Telangana Chief Minister’s office said in a tweet, “Six people from Telangana who attended a religious congregation at Markaz in Nizamuddin area of New Delhi from March 13-15 succumbed after they contracted coronavirus. Two died in Gandhi Hospital while one each died in Apollo Hospital, Global Hospital, Nizamabad and Gadwal.”
Over 2,000 people, including from Indonesia and Malaysia attended the gathering of Tablighi Jamaat, a Muslim religious organisation, in the Nizamuddin area in Delhi.
While the state government has identified 194 persons from across the state, who visited Nizamuddin in Delhi from Telangana. All have been put under quarantine.
Delhi Police sealed off a major area in Nizamuddin West in south Delhi on Monday where several people showed symptoms of COVID-19 after taking part in religious gathering.
However, locals said that a large number of people continued to stay at the Jamaat’s ‘Markaj’ (Centre) even after this period.
