Chennai:
As many as 75 more people tested positive for coronavirus in Tamil Nadu on Thursday and the total count rose to 309, a senior official said and the tally is the second highest in the country.
Of the 75 cases reported today, 74 were returnees from a recent Tablighi Jamat congregation held in Delhi’s Nizamuddin West and another was a contact of a person infected earlier, Health Secretary Beela Rajesh told reporters here.
A total of 264 persons who had attended the conference from the State in the national capital have tested positive for the contagion, she said.
