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The Tamil Nadu cabinet headed by chief minister M K Stalin in its first meeting on Sunday stressed on strict Covid-19 containment measures to rein in the virus. With increasing number of Covid fatalities and a high test positivity rate, the new government was forced to impose a state-wide lockdown for 15 days starting from Monday. Stalin deputed 22 ministers to supervise, review and coordinate Covid-control measures in 14 districts with high case count. The meeting’s focus centred around the measures to be implemented to bring the pandemic under control. Tamil Nadu on Sunday reported its highest single-day spike of Covid-19 cases, with 28,897 people testing positive and 236 deaths, pushing the net toll to 15,648. Though the number of discharges (23,515 on Sunday) has been rising steadily, the overall recovery rate is still below 90%. As a result, the number of active cases has increased to 1,44,547. Stay with TOI for all the latest updates:

THE TIMES OF INDIA | May 10, 2021, 11:47:27 IST

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