The busy Koyambedu market, with 500 shops spread over 250 acres, is central to the food supply chain in Tamil Nadu and neighboring states. It had remained open through India's nationwide lockdown, and hundreds of traders visited regularly until the market was shut on Monday after the viral cluster was detected. Tamil Nadu has confirmed 4,058 cases and many of its fresh cases were linked to the market, the state government said in a statement. The market cluster contributed to India's biggest single-day increase in virus infections yet, 3,900 cases and 195 deaths from the virus. Those figures reported Tuesday brought India's totals to over 46,000 cases in all and over 1,500 dead.

Source: The Standard May 06, 2020 03:45 UTC