With 1,515 persons testing positive for coronavirus on Sunday which took the total number of positive cases in the State to 31,667, Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswamy had to come out with a statement claiming that all was well with Tamil Nadu.
According to the medical bulletin issued by the Government of Tamil Nadu on Sunday, there were 14, 396 active cases of Covid-19 in the State. Till date 16,999 persons have been discharged from hospitals fully cured and this is being shown as a positive development.
The number of persons tested positive on Sunday is the highest to be registered in the State till date. The day also saw 18 persons succumbing to the pandemic, taking the death toll till date to269.
The bulletin said that 76 laboratories were working round the clock to test the samples collected by the team of health workers. A total of 15, 671 persons were tested across the State on Sunday while the number of persons tested till date reached 5.66 lakh.
Chennai continued to be the district which tested the highest number of positive cases. Out of the 1,515 persons tested positive on Sunday, 1,155 were from Chennai.
This shows that the deployment of a team of five ministers and one more IAS officer to monitor and streamline the progress of the virus has not paid off.
As the number of covid patients moved upwards, the Chief Minister issued a release stating that the pandemic was fully under control and there was nothing to be worried about.
“The lockdown and related curbs have helped keep the pandemic under check. Moreover, 86 per cent of the covid-19 cases in the State were found to be asymptomatic,” the Chief Minister said.
Palaniswamy said that the mortality rate in Tamil Nadu was the lowest when compared to even foreign countries besides other Indian States. “We have the best recovery rate too,” said the chief minister. He also said that the State’s economy has been affected badly because of the pandemic. But we have initiated many measures to being the economy back to its original health. Many companies are going to make big time investments in the State because of the steps taken by the Government,” said the Chief Minister.
“So far, the government has allocated over Rs 4,033 crore towards various efforts regarding Covid-19, even as the health infrastructure has been strengthened with measures, including appointment of more doctors and nurses,” Palaniswamy disclosed and further stated that the number of testing labs and hospitals in public and private sectors have been increased.