A health worker administers a dose of Covid-19 vaccine to at a vaccination centre in Chennai on Monday. (PTI)
Chennai, Hyderabad Coronavirus News Live Updates: Tamil Nadu recorded 14,016 positive cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the state tally to 23,53,721. Among these, Chennai reported 935 positive cases, bringing the city’s total to 5,25,009. The state recorded 267 deaths on Sunday, putting the state toll at 29,547. 198 of them had succumbed due to comorbidities. A total of 25,895 patients were discharged following treatment, taking the total number of recoveries to 21,74,247.
Telangana on Sunday recorded 1,280 new COVID-19 cases and 15 deaths, pushing the tally so far to over six lakh and 3,484 respectively. The number of active cases was 21,137. The total number of cases in the State stood at 6,03,369 while with 2,261 people being cured, the total recoveries were 5,78,748. A separate release said as on June 12, over 63 lakh people received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and over 15 lakh got their second jab.
When the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country, all that Karamchati Sriharsha could see on his Twitter feed was frantic calls of help from patients and their families who were running from pillar-to-post in search of oxygen, hospital beds or aid. It is then that the Hyderabad-based techie conceptualised setting up a Covid war room to help those in need.
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Women trained in ‘Agama Sastra’ – the manual for worship and rituals at temples – can be appointed as temple priests, Tamil Nadu minister in charge of Hindu temples’ administration Sekar Babu said on Sunday, a day after his remarks on opening temple doors to women priests triggered debates in the state.
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For assistance on COVID-19-related queries and mental health support in Chennai, citizens can contact the Greater Chennai Corporation’s (GCC) COVID-19 helpline 044 46122300 or 044 25384520 | Citizens can also contact the general helpline 104, the 24-hour helplines 044 29510400 or 29510500 and the 24 x 7 mobile helplines 8754448477 or 9444340496 | Citizens can find the nearest GCC-facilitated COVID-19 fever clinic here | For lodging rain-related complaints and assistance during the monsoon, citizens can contact the GCC’s monsoon helplines 044 25384530 or 044 25384540 or the control room 1913 (available 24×7)
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