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64 out of total 87 novel coronavirus patients in Andhra Pradesh had attended the religious congregation in Delhi's Nizamuddin area. Six of these peoples' close contacts were also tested positive for COVID-19. 543 people from Andhra Pradesh who had attended the Jamaat event have been traced and tested so far. Meanwhile, out of these 543 people, the contacts of 269 have been traced and tested for novel coronavirus infection. The religious gathering at Delhi's Nizamuddin has left the government grappling with a new challenge in its fight against novel coronavirus pandemic. The religious gathering that took place at Nizamuddin Markaz building defied the Delhi government's lockdown orders as over 3,400 people attended the Tablighi Jamaat event ignoring social distancing guidelines in the wake of COVID-19- the disease caused by coronavirus.