Covid-19: Active cases in Chennai below 0.5% of total infections recorded so far – Times of India

CHENNAI: Active cases in Chennai dropped to 2,262 on Sunday which is less than 0.5% of the total cases recorded by the city during the entire Covid-19 pandemic. Chennai had recorded 5,28,768 positive cases from March 7,2020 to June 20,2021.
Of the15 corporation zones in the city, Tiruvottiyur, Manali, Madhavaram, Alandur, Perungudi and Sholinganallur now have less than 100 active cases. Except Alandur, all these zones have a relatively smaller population.
Manali zone had less than 50 cases. While Adyar has the most number of cases at 224, Teynampet and Kodambakkam zones have 213 and 200 cases. According to corporation data, all zones in the city now have a negative seven-day average growth rate of fresh cases.
While Chennai as a whole recorded a negative growth of -9.7% in fresh cases for the June 13 to June 20 period, Thiru-vi-ka Nagar has the lowest growth rate at -12.2% among all zones.
Zone with highest growth rate of cases is Ambattur at -7.1%
At -7.1%, Ambattur zone has the highest growth rate of fresh cases. Sholinganallur, Madhavaram, Tiruvottiyur, Valasaravakkam, Tondiarpet, Royapuram and Thiru-Vi-Ka Nagar have -10% growth rate.
The city had 9,838 active cases on June13 and the growth rate of fresh cases in Chennai from June 6 to June13 was -7.6%.
Against the backdrop of TN government announcing further relaxations in the city from Monday, corporation officials said they have increased vigil to act against commercial establishments and citizens violating lockdown regulations.
On Saturday alone, the civic body had penalised161shops for violations of standard operating procedures, and 856 individuals have been fined. Zonal enforcement teams have started visiting wedding halls to ensure that norms are properly followed to avoid emergence of new clusters, an official said.