CHENNAI: Three more people tested positive for COVID-19 died in Chennai on Monday as 538 more cases were recorded out of Tamil Nadu’s 798.
The city contributes to 55 percent of cases in the State.
Meanwhile, the COVID-19 spread has entered Sowcarpet, one of the most congested areas in the city where majorly the north Indian communities live. This comes under the Royapuram zone.
“Elakandappan Street at Sowcarpet has been barricaded. We suspect a spread from the Pulianthope area which is just close by,” said a corporation official.
Officials suspect that the spread is from the neighbouring Pulianthope area which saw a massive spike due to the prayer meeting cluster.
“18 people in the Periamet slum area are contacts of a person from Aaduthotti street in Pulianthope which is a hotspot. Eight people from the street already had the virus,” said the corporation official.
Stringer Street in George town in another hotspot where the spread is becoming uncontrollable and tracing back contacts lead to Thideer Nagar, the official added.
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Meanwhile, officials with Kodambakkam zone said that the rise in cases in the area mostly belonged to the Koyambedu cluster.
“Most of them are contacts of people in the market. Some had visited the market too,” an official said.
As of May 10, the city corporation has 3050 active cases with the 531 cases in Kodambakkam, followed by 519 in Royapuram, 405 in Tiruvika Nagar and 326 in Teynampet.
Meanwhile, Special Officer for tackling COVID-19 crisis Dr J Radhakrishnan held a meeting at Ripon Buildings today to discuss the measures.
He said that a total of 1054 people are in the 39 COVID care centres of the city corporation.
“239 people are in Velammal Engineering College, 170 in DG Vaishnav, 112 in Loyola, and 444 in the Trade Center,” said the special officer.
Dr Radhakrishnan said that 743 people had recovered in Chennai as of May 11 and were discharged. He added that the 177 people returned to the city from abroad on May 10 were screened and are under observation.
Source: https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2020/may/11/538-more-cases-in-chennai-as-covid-19-now-enters-congested-sowcarpet-area-2142083.html
