Coronavirus: The number of COVID-19 cases in India has increased
Chennai:
Coronavirus cases in Tamil Nadu have crossed the two lakh mark with 6,989 new cases reported in the past 24 hours, which is also the largest one-day spike, according to government data. Eighty-nine have died and 7,758 have recovered in the past 24 hours. The total number of cases in the state is now 2.06,737.
Data shows that 20 have died in Chennai in the past 24 hours and 1,329 have tested positive. The recovery rate in Tamil Nadu is 73% and the death rate is 1.64%.
The positive COVID-19 cases reported in the last 24 hours in these districts are: Thiruvallur (385), Coimbatore (270), Ranipet (244), Madurai (301), Chengalpattu (449), Virudhunagar (376), Kancheepuram (442)), Vellore (212) and Tuticorin (317).
The state health department is replicating Chennai’s model of opening hundreds of fever clinics in districts for early detection and intervention, which lowered Chennai’s daily tally by 50 percent.
Tamil Nadu has the highest number of coronavirus cases in India after Maharashtra. Delhi has the third largest case.
The number of coronavirus cases in India has doubled in nearly three weeks since July 2 when the country crossed the six lakh mark. The country’s total hit the 10 lakh mark last Friday. Since then, around three lakh new infections have been reported.
In Telangana, a senior health official hinted at community transmission. “The next four to five weeks are going to be very crucial and people need to be extra careful and not overlook the symptoms,” said Dr G Srinivasa Rao, director of public health at Telangana. However, Telangana’s health minister Etala Rajender denied it.
The first phase of the human clinical trial of India’s homemade coronavirus vaccine, Covaxin, began on Friday at AIIMS in Delhi, with the first dose of the injection given to a man in his 30s.
In the second phase, 750 people will be recruited between the ages of 12 and 65, said AIIMS director Dr Randeep Guleria.
