Active cases in Chennai increase by 97 to 1,895 within a week – Times of India

CHENNAI: In a week, the number of active Covid-19 cases in the city has increased by 97, official data released by Greater Chennai Corporation shows.
As on September 10, the city had 1,798 active cases, which increased to 1,895 on September 17. Data released by the health department in Covid19 bulletins everyday shows that the test positivity rate in the city continues to remain under control at 1% and a little less.
At present, six of the fifteen zones have less than 100 active cases. These are Tiruvottiyur (50), Manali (15), Madhavaram (61), Royapuram (82), Alandur (97) and Shollinganallur (93).
A week ago, eight of the fifteen zones had less than 100 active cases. In addition to the above mentioned six, Tondiarpet and Thiru-vi-ka Nagar also had less than 100 cases. The maximum cases currently is in Anna Nagar (203) followed by Kodambakkam (201). These are the only two zones to report more than 200 active cases.
Despite this increase, official data from the street wise containment of the corporation shows that the number of streets reporting active cases has reduced over the past one week. A week ago, there were 872 such streets in the city with at least one case; this has now come down to 834.
The number of streets reporting more than five cases has also reduced from 25 to 20 during the same period, official information shows.
The civic body officials said they have stepped up vigil in places with huge crowds as well as events behind closed doors. For instance, the corpoation inspected around 5,700 events at marriage halls so far. They have found 455 violations based on which a fine of 8.6 lakh was collected for violations of Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOP).