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City’s COVID count crosses 2 lakh mark, but 95 pc recover
The total number of COVID-19 positive cases reported in Chennai crossed 2 lakh after the city reported 686 fresh infections on Sunday.
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As per the Greater Chennai Corporation data, the city reported 2,00,533 positive cases since the outbreak. As many as 1,89,866 patients have recovered, which is around 95 per cent of the infected.
With Sunday’s count, Chennai currently has 7,005 active cases and 3,662 persons have died so far. The positivity rate also came down to less than 7 per cent despite the civic body testing more than 10,000 persons every day. As on Saturday, among the 15 zones of the Chennai Corporation, Anna Nagar and Kodambakkam have reported the most number of cases with 21,802 and 21,579 positive cases. Among the total active cases in the zones, 20,877 and 20,700 patients have recovered respectively.
Despite reporting a higher number of cases during the initial phase of the pandemic, the spread was comparatively contained in Tondiarpet, Royapuram and Thiru Vi Ka Nagar zones. In a positive sign, none of the 15 zones, except Anna Nagar, had more than 500 active cases on Sunday morning. Anna Nagar had 513 active cases while Sholinganallur had only 94. Also, 10 zones have only around 2 per cent active cases.
Meanwhile, a Chennai Corporation official said that the civic body is continuing containment measures by implementing social distancing and wearing of masks. “Fever clinics are being conducted across the city to identify symptomatic persons. The containment measures will continue for at least three more months,” the official added.
On the other hand, data released by the civic body on Sunday mentioned that the city has only 4 containment zones. Of the four containment zones, 3 were in Manali and 1 in Sholinganallur.
‘POSITIVE’ SIGN
- As many as 1,89,866 patients have recovered, which is around 95 per cent of the infected
- The positivity rate also came down to less than 7 per cent
- As on Saturday, among the 15 zones, Anna Nagar and Kodambakkam have reported the most number of cases
- None of the 15 zones, except Anna Nagar, had more than 500 active cases on Sunday morning
- The containment measures will continue for at least three more months
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