A health worker administers a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine in Hyderabad. (PTI)
Chennai Coronavirus News Live Updates: Tamil Nadu recorded 2505 positive cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, bringing the state tally to 25,23,943. Among these, Chennai reported 160 positive cases, bringing the city’s total to 5,35,439. The state recorded 48 deaths on Tuesday, putting the state toll at 33,502. 37 of them had succumbed due to comorbidities. A total of 3058 patients were discharged following treatment, taking the total number of recoveries to 24,59,223.
As of Monday, the number of active Covid-19 cases in Tamil Nadu is 31,218. Till date, 14,74,860 males, 10,49,045 females and 38 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, 3,48,26,887 samples from the state have been tested till date, with 1,40,132 samples having been sent yesterday. There are 273 Covid-19 testing facilities in the state, out of which 69 are government and 204 are private facilities.
The Madras high court on Tuesday dismissed a writ petition filed by Tamil actor Vijay in 2012 seeking exemption of entry tax on his imported luxury car — Rolls Royce Ghost — from England and asked him to pay the tax in the next two weeks.
READ | Madras HC fines actor Vijay Rs 1 lakh for seeking duty exemption on luxury car, calls tax evasion ‘anti-national habit’
Chief Minister M K Stalin wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday requesting his intervention to correct the imbalance in the Covid-19 vaccine allocation for Tamil Nadu, and make a special allotment of 1 crore doses.
READ | Stalin writes to PM Modi over imbalance in vaccine allocation for Tamil Nadu
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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Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chennai/tamil-nadu-chennai-telangana-hyderabad-covid-19-lockdown-second-wave-vaccination-mekedatu-dam-madras-high-court-stalin-gcc-ghmc-live-7403644/
