KHARGONE: Eight members of a family in MP’s Khargone have been stricken with Covid-19 after one of them returned from the Nizamuddin Tablighi Markaz. His 70-year-old mother died on April 4, and her test report came positive late Tuesday night , along with the others’.Khargone’s corona count shot up from 4 to 12 in one go. “It is believed that the infection spread in the family from a 49-year-old man, who had attended Nizamuddin Tablighi Markaz. He is the only person from Khargone known to have attended the Markaz,” said district collector Gopal Chandra Daad The man had been to South Africa , before joining the Markaz, and returned to Khargone on March 22.On March 31, when the administration got to know of his travel history, he and his wife were admitted to the isolation ward of the district hospital. He tested positive for Covid-19, but tests on his wife came out negative.On April 4, his 70-yearold mother died. Her report came positive on Tuesday night along with those of seven other members of the family. Health officials have collected fresh swab samples of his wife for a re-test.The seven members of the family have been sent to MY Hospital in Indore. The locality, Sahakar Colony, has been sanitised.