Number of new Covid-19 patients in Tamil Nadu came down to 6,426 while 82 persons lost their lives to the pandemic in the last 24 hours. The fall in the number of new patients brought some relief to the policy makers and Government officials as the State had tested 6, 972 on Tuesday. Number of new patients diagnosed with covid remained on the higher side of 6,000 for the entire week beginning July 23.
Wednesday also saw 5,927 persons leaving hospitals across the State fully recovered and energised to resume normal life. This makes the total number of persons recovered from the pandemic in the State till date to 1.72 lakh.
The day also saw 58, 818 persons getting tested in the 119 laboratories across the State.
While 1,117 new persons were tested positive in Chennai, the numbers from districts like Chengalpet (540), Kancheepuram (373) and Thiruvallur (382) were not encouraging.
On Wednesday Governor Banwarilal Purohit decided to stay ‘isolated’ for a week on the advice of his doctors. Though the First Citizen of the State is fit and healthy, his medical officer advised him seven days isolation following three staff members of Raj Bhavan testing positive.
Meanwhile Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami told the district collectors of the State in a video conference that the fatality rate in Tamil Nadu was 1.6 per cent.
He asked the district collectors to ensure that the free face mask distribution scheme launched by the Government on Tuesday become a success and all beneficiaries mentioned in the ration cards get the masks.
The Lockout announced by the Tamil Nadu Government in the last week of June is coming to an end on July 31. The conference convened by the Chief Minister on Wednesday took stock of the prevailing situation in Tamil Nadu and discussed the course of action to be taken after July 31. Palaniswami is meeting the team of medical experts counselling the Government on how to tackle the spread of the pandemic on Thursday.