Zones with 100+ active Covid cases up to 11 in Chennai – Times of India

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CHENNAI: The number of zones with more than 100 active Covid-19 cases each has increased from seven to 11 over a week, official data released by Greater Chennai Corporation on Saturday showed.
As on Saturday, active cases in Thiruvottiyur (70), Manali (29), Tondiarpet (82) and Shollinganallur (90) were less than 100. Last Saturday, Madhavaram, Royapuram, Alandur and Perungudi zones also had less than 100 active cases.

This is reflective of the steady increase in active cases in the city in the last 10 days, though the daily number of fresh cases has remained steady at 180-200.
Active cases on July 31 were 1,627, which increased to 1,910 on August 6, data shows. For the first time in many weeks, active cases in a corporation zone touched the 200 mark. Adyar now has 202 active cases, the highest among all the zones. Kodambakkam is second at 193, followed by Thiru-vi-ka Nagar with 174 and Teynampet with
173. Three zones have shown a decrease in active cases in the past one week. These are Manali, Anna Nagar and Valasaravakkam. However, the decrease is of the order of only 1-7 cases.
Increase in active cases has been highest in Kodambakkam (59) and Thiru-vi-Ka Nagar (56) in the last one week. Incidentally, Kodambakkam zone includes T Nagar, the city’s busiest commercial hub where shops were closed down at least a week ago.
Corporation officials said they conduct focused testing in all busy market places and have also done a round of testing among staff in government offices. Swabs were taken from 4,938 government employees working in 400 different offices across the city and tested using RT-PCR test.
In the last one week, 8,763 shopkeepers and their workers in 62 market places were tested by corporation offiicals. Such tests would continue along with intensive vaccination drives, a corporation official said.

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