According to a bulletin released by the Health and Family Welfare Department of Tamil Nadu, 56,30,323 samples from the state have been sent for testing till date, with 85,473 samples having been sent yesterday. (Representational)
Tamil Nadu Chennai Coronavirus News Live Updates: Tamil Nadu recorded 5528 positive cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the state tally to 4,86,052. Among these, Chennai reported 991 positive cases, bringing the city’s total to 1,45,606.
Tamil Nadu recorded 64 deaths on Thursday, putting the state toll at 8154. 58 of them had succumbed due to comorbidities.
As of Thursday, the number of active COVID-19 cases in Tamil Nadu is 48,482. Till date, 2,93,154 males, 1,92,869 females and 29 transgenders have tested positive for the virus in the state.
According to a bulletin released by the Health and Family Welfare Department of Tamil Nadu, 56,30,323 samples from the state have been sent for testing till date, with 85,473 samples having been sent yesterday.
The state discharged 6185 patients following treatment today, putting the total number of recoveries at 4,29,416.
The restaurant staff had undergone training in catering service at CSI Bishop Appasamy College of Arts and Science.
In probably the first of its kind, a group of transgenders opened a restaurant in the RS Puram area near Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. The ‘Covai Trans Kitchen’ is run by a group of 10 transgenders and can seat 32 people at once.
Speaking to Indianexpress.com, Coimbatore District Transgender Association president Sangeetha said many of their community members had lost jobs due to Covid-19 and this pushed them to start something of their own.
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The restaurant staff had even undergone training in catering service at CSI Bishop Appasamy College of Arts and Science.
The Tamil Nadu government has discovered a scam amounting to over Rs 110 crore in the PM-Kisan Scheme, with money withdrawn fraudulently online with the help of government officials and local-level politicians. Initial estimates show nearly five-and-a-half lakh people may have benefited as advantage was taken of clearance norms being relaxed after the Covid-19 lockdown began.
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Principal Secretary Gagandeep Singh Bedi said they first noticed the unusually high number of beneficiaries being added to the scheme in August, especially from 13 districts. While 18 people, all ‘agents’ or ‘brokers’, have been arrested, 80-odd officials associated with agricultural schemes have been dismissed and 34 officials suspended, Bedi said. The suspended officials include three assistant directors of the Agriculture Department.
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