CHENNAI: After nearly 20 days, Tamil Nadu reported a drop in fresh cases to 23,975 on Sunday compared to 23,989 on Saturday.
Cases in Chennai (8,987), nevertheless continued to increase along with 18 other districts. Chennai’s test positivity rate is around 30%. This means every third person who was tested was found to be infected.
Vandalur zoo was closed after 80 employees got infected. Also, of the 22 deaths in Tamil Nadu, 10 were in Chennai.
After Chennai, the highest number of fresh cases were reported from Chengalpet (2,701), Coimbatore (1,866) and Tiruvallur (1,273). The sharpest increase was in Tenkasi, where there were 194 new cases compared to 21 on Saturday.
The rapid increase in daily cases pushed up the total number of active cases to more than 1.42 lakh. In the past 24 hours hospital occupancy increased from 7,811 to 8,018.
Since 35% of the non-oxygen beds in Chennai are full, authorities have geared up to improve medical infra. Health minister Ma Subramanian said efforts are underway to reopen the 2,000-bedded corona care centre at Athipattu. The state is also trying to increase centres for Ayush treatment from 77 to 100, he said. As a step towards this, the minister this week will inaugurate a 100-bedded facility at National Institute of Siddha, Tambaram.
Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/after-20-days-state-records-drop-in-cases/articleshow/88939550.cms
