COVID-19: More recovery continues in TN, full shutdown on
As key urban regions of the State entered the second dayof complete lockdown, the active number of cases as on datestood at 809 and those discharged till date was higher at1,101.
From various hospitals, 81 were discharged and testingof 1381 samples were under process in various labs and thefatalitiesNremained at Sunday's count of 24, a governmentbulletin said.
The tests are done in 30 government and 11 private labsall over Tamil Nadu and today alone 6,753 people were testedand cumulatively 86,339 were tested (RT-PCR test).
As many as 94,781 samples have so far been tested,including repeat specimen from same persons forconfirmatory purposes, the bulletin said.
Those who tested positive on Monday include a one yearold boy from Villupuram, a 13-year-old teenager from here, itsaid, adding 31 were men and 19 women, taking the aggregate to1,937 in the state.
Chennai, leading the red zone of Tamil Nadu had nearlyall of the new cases today (47)
With this, 570 people have so far tested positive for theinfection in the State capital.
Coimbatore followed with 141 cases and Tirupur andDindigul had 112 and 80 people respectively.
Krishnagiri district continued to be only green zonein the whole of Tamil Nadu with no new cases in over 28 dayswhile neighbouring Dharmapuri had one and Tirupathur 18.
An Inter-Ministerial Central Team to assess the groundsituation vis-a-vis the COVID-19 pandemic had a meeting withChief Minister K Palaniswami and top officials at theSecretariat.
A government release said the deliberations coveredprevention strategies and treatement for the affected people.
Today is the third day of visit of the panel which onSunday visited, among other places, the Koyambedu market here.
The Greater Chennai Corporation, meanwhile, furtherintensified barricarding and disinfection work in areas wherepeople tested positive.
As part of containment efforts, about 168 barricadeshave been put up in over 150 streets in the city.
Senior GCC officials inspected the halls earmarked forquarantine purposes at the Loyola College here, one of theoldest educational institutions in the city.
Fire and Rescue Services Department personnel too joinedthe disinfection work in several areas.
As the full shutdown entered day two here and inCoimbatore, Madurai, Salem and Tirupur, the cities werelargely deserted as police and local civic officials kept aclose watch to ensure people stayed indoors.
Organised by the corporation and a body of traders,hawkers sold vegetables on pushcarts and groceries andveggie stores continued to be shut.
State police said 3,16,404 FIRs have been registered and2.84 lakh vehicles seized so far in respect of lockdownviolations and a fine of Rs 3.33 crore levied.
Sunday, the first day of full shutdown saw 60 peoplegetting discharged and 64 new infected cases.
On Saturday, 94 people were discharged followingrecovery while 66 tested positive, which was the third day ofmore people getting cured than those who had freshlycontracted the contagion.
On April 23, a total of 54 new cases were reported and90 people were discharged that day and the following day, 72tested positive and 114 got cured. VGN APRRAVINDRANATH APRRAVINDRANATH