One more tests positive for COVID-19 in Muzaffarnagar, total rises to 7

Muzaffarnagar, Apr 13 () One more coronavirus positive case was detected in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar on Monday, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases in the district to 7, a senior official said.

The patient is a member of the Tablighi Jamaat and had attended the Nizamuddin Markaz in New Delhi last month, he said.

"He along with nine other Jamaat members had come to Muzaffarnagar after attending the Markaz and were staying in a local mosque," Sub Divisional Magistrate Inderkant Dwivedi told .

The patient has been shifted to Muzaffarnagar Medical College Begrajpur, the official said, adding that the local mosque has been sealed. CORR RHL