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Healthcare workers collect samples for the Covid-19 test from a patient in Chennai. (Photo: PTI)
The city’s case count accounted for 76 percent of the 669 new cases in Tamil Nadu, as the state’s total case count reached 7,204.
- News18.com
- Last update: May 10, 2020 8:09 PM IST
Chennai has posted its largest daily increase in Covid-19 cases so far with 509 new infections reported on Sunday, reflecting the continuation of the recent trend of large numbers of new infections every day.
The city’s case count accounted for 76 percent of the 669 new cases in Tamil Nadu, as the state’s total case count crossed the 7,000 mark, making it the third state to break the number after Maharashtra and Gujarat. .
Of the 669 infected people, 412 were men and 257 women, authorities said. In total, 7,204 people have been infected in the state to date, according to the health bulletin.
A 55-year-old man and a 59-year-old man, both admitted to government medical schools in Chennai, and a 74-year-old man, who received treatment at the nearby Chengelpet government hospital, succumbed to Covid-19. , taking general control of the state. death toll to 47.
Although 135 people were discharged after recovering from various hospitals in the state, the total number of people who have overcome the illness caused by the virus was 1,959, the health department said.
The total number of cases in Chennai, which has become one of the most important points in the country, reached 3,839. Capital represents more than half of the state’s cases.
While many other districts in Tamil Nadu, even those that saw an initial spike, have managed to reduce cases, Chennai remains firmly in the red zone. The rapid increase in cases in the city has been largely driven by the Koyambedu market group.
The first signs of the market becoming a group of coronaviruses emerged in the last week of April, but it was only on May 4 that the market closed. Until then, many small stores in the narrow area continued to operate, with little adherence to social distancing.
Locating contacts has also been difficult, as workers have also begun moving to other districts of the state. The group has contributed not only to cases in Chennai; The government revealed on Friday that 1,589 cases across the state were linked to the Koyambedu cluster.
The large number of cases has also been attributed to Tamil Nadu analyzing more samples than any other state, including Maharashtra. The southern state has analyzed 2,16,416 samples as of Saturday, most of them from Chennai.
While the district’s numbers have not been released, the Chennai Corporation said on May 1 that they are evaluating 5,225 people per million residents.
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