There was no respite for Tamil Nadu on Tuesday in the number of persons diagnosed with Covid-19 or the number of persons succumbed to the pandemic as 88 deaths were reported and 6, 972 new patients were identified during the last 24 hours.
The medical bulletin issued by the Government of Tamil Nadu said that by the end of Tuesday, there were 57,073 active coronavirus cases in the State. As part of aggressive testing, the number of laboratories operating in the state were increased to 119. These laboratories on Tuesday tested 59,584 persons for the Covid-19.
With the 88 deaths reported on Tuesday, the fatalities in the State increased to 3,659. While Chennai gave hopes about the possibilities of taming the coronavirus, situation in the three neighbouring districts remained critical. Chengalpet (365), Kancheepuram (223) and Thiruvallur (486) remained dangerous as the number of patients increased in these three districts.
Virudhunagar diagnosed 586 new patients with corona. Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami has convened a meeting of district collectors on Wednesday for devising strategies to counter the pandemic.
This will be followed by the chief minister’s meeting with the expert team of medical professionals to discuss about alternate programmes.