Number of people in Tamil Nadu tested positive for Covid-19 is increasing on an hourly basis, if the bulletin released by the Government of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday is any indication. The State saw 1,286 persons testing positive for the pandemic on Wednesday, the highest number to be tested on a single day. The bulletin further stated that coronavirus is not that dangerous as the 11 persons who died on Wednesday were victims of co-morbidity (they had other medical issues along with coronavirus when they were admitted to the hospitals).
Till date, 25, 872 coronavirus cases have been identified in the State, said the bulletin. Taking into account the number of persons who have been discharged from hospitals, there are 11,345 covid-19 patients in the State as on Wednesday evening. But the speed with which the pandemic is spreading is definitely a matter of concern, according to Dr C V Krishnaswamy, the octogenarian physician cum diabetologist.
The fatalities in Tamil Nadu reached 208 with 11 persons succumbing to the pandemic on Wednesday. Out of the 11 who breathed their last on Wednesday, four were in the 60-68 age group, two were 47 and 48 years of age, two persons of 50 and 58 years, two of 70 and 75 years, and an 80 year old person. Except for a 66 year old person, the rest were having co-morbid problems like Type 2 diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney diseases, hypertension, TB, and CAD.
The details of the persons who died on Wednesday prove that covid-19 was not the lone factor which hastened their death. The bulletin further stated that till Wednesday, Tamil Nadu Government has tested 5,28, 534 persons for the pandemic and there are 73 laboratories operating in the State.