NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, MARCH 29
Eight more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu taking the total cases in the state to 50, state Health Minister C Vijaya Baskar said on Sunday.
#CoronaUpdate: #TN reports 8 new positive cases from Erode (contact of the Thai Nationals who are undergoing treatment at IRT Perundurai).The Pts were identified thru #TNHEALTH’s contact tracing. All patients are isolated for treatment. @MoHFW_INDIA @CMOTamilNadu #Vijayabaskar
— Dr.C.Vijayabaskar (@Vijayabaskarofl) March 29, 2020
The eight from Erode were contacts of two Thai Nationals who have already tested positive for COVID-19 and undergoing treatment at IRT Perundurai Medical College, he said in a tweet. They were earlier identified through contact tracing by the state Health department, he added.
State Health Secretary Beela Rajesh said the eight included four of a family. “We had kept these eight people under quarantine and they have tested positive for the virus,” she told reporters here.
With this, the total number of 50 cases included four discharged following recovery and one deceased, the secretary added.