There was some relief for Tamil Nadu on Tuesday as the State saw a small fall in the number of persons tested positive for coronavirus. According to the bulletin issued by the Tamil Nadu Government, 3,616 persons were diagnosed with the pandemic on Tuesday while the fatalities continued to be on the higher side. The State saw 65 persons succumbing to Covid-19 on Tuesday.
On July 2, the total number of persons tested positive for Covid were 4,343 and since then there has been a fall in the number of cases, though small. As on Tuesday, there were 45, 839 active patients in the State while the total number of covid-19 cases tested till date reached 1.18 lakh.
The 96 laboratories across the State tested 35, 423 persons on Tuesday while the total number of persons tested positive till date reached 1.3 million. The day also saw 4, 545 getting discharged from the hospitals across the State and this took the number of patients cured of the disease to 71,116.
The decrease in the number of positive cases over the last five days is in synch with the statement by Health Minister Dr Vijaya Baskar that the flattening of the infection curve has begun in the State. “Due to measures taken by the Government , the curve is not peaking but flattening in Chennai,” the minister had told local journalists.
Chennai tested 1,203 persons with Covid on Tuesday and this is an important development. The Metropolis had tested 1,747 persons with covid on Monday. Similarly, Chengalpet registered 87 persons on Tuesday against the figure of 213 on Monday. The number of persons tested positive in Kancheepuram too showed a major change on Tuesday. While 106 persons in the district were found to be positive on Tuesday, there were 182 cases tested on Monday. Only Thiruvallur district showed an increase in the number of persons (217) afflicted with covid on Tuesday.
The districts of Madurai, Virudhunagar and Thoothukudi continued to be problematic for the Government as there has been notable increase in the number of cases which may necessitate lock down, according to doctors in these districts.