CHENNAI: State reports number of new Covid-19 cases, despite testing 2,000 more samples Tamil Nadu The last 24 hours saw a slight drop as compared to Saturday’s figures.
On Sunday, the state tested 1.57 lakh samples, of which 30,580 tested positive; On Saturday, the number was 30,744. However, the death toll rose from 33 to 40 during the same period. health minister ma subramaniam said on Sunday that most of the victims had not been vaccinated and that unlike the second wave, the case fatality ratio is low.
In Chennai, the spread is declining. The district, which was reporting nearly 9,000 fresh cases last week, recorded only 6,383 on Sunday. The Test Positivity Rate (TPR) of the district has now dropped to 23.6% and Chennai has moved to the twelfth position in the district’s TPR chart. “Once the cases come down further, there will be no need for a complete lockdown or further restrictions on Sunday,” Subramaniam said.
However, cases are increasing in districts like Coimbatore (3,912 new cases), Tiruvallur (984), Tiruppur (736), Erode (554) and Ranipet (419). As a result, the average TPR of the state is increasing. Currently, it is around 20%, which means that every fifth sample tests positive. Apart from this, the number of active cases in Tamil Nadu has crossed the two lakh mark. Presently 2,00,954 are undergoing treatment.
For health infrastructure, the government had procured 327 oxygen generators and 17,500 concentrators in anticipation of an increase in O2 demand. “The current oxygen demand of TN is around 117 metric tonnes (MT),” Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan said. During the second wave it was around 530 metric tons per day. Be that as it may, it is important that people do not lose their guard, he said. Since eligible but yet unvaccinated people to receive their booster shots are at the same risk, he urged senior citizens and frontline workers to receive their precautionary doses.
On Sunday, the state tested 1.57 lakh samples, of which 30,580 tested positive; On Saturday, the number was 30,744. However, the death toll rose from 33 to 40 during the same period. health minister ma subramaniam said on Sunday that most of the victims had not been vaccinated and that unlike the second wave, the case fatality ratio is low.
In Chennai, the spread is declining. The district, which was reporting nearly 9,000 fresh cases last week, recorded only 6,383 on Sunday. The Test Positivity Rate (TPR) of the district has now dropped to 23.6% and Chennai has moved to the twelfth position in the district’s TPR chart. “Once the cases come down further, there will be no need for a complete lockdown or further restrictions on Sunday,” Subramaniam said.
However, cases are increasing in districts like Coimbatore (3,912 new cases), Tiruvallur (984), Tiruppur (736), Erode (554) and Ranipet (419). As a result, the average TPR of the state is increasing. Currently, it is around 20%, which means that every fifth sample tests positive. Apart from this, the number of active cases in Tamil Nadu has crossed the two lakh mark. Presently 2,00,954 are undergoing treatment.
For health infrastructure, the government had procured 327 oxygen generators and 17,500 concentrators in anticipation of an increase in O2 demand. “The current oxygen demand of TN is around 117 metric tonnes (MT),” Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan said. During the second wave it was around 530 metric tons per day. Be that as it may, it is important that people do not lose their guard, he said. Since eligible but yet unvaccinated people to receive their booster shots are at the same risk, he urged senior citizens and frontline workers to receive their precautionary doses.
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