In yet another Black Friday, the total number of coronavirus cases tested positive till date breached the 1,00,000 mark while the day saw 64 persons succumbing to the pandemic.
The State has 42,955 active covid-19 patients undergoing treatment in various hospitals as on Friday evening 6 pm. The total number of persons diagnosed with Covid-19 till date reached 1, 02721 as on Friday.
The State also recorded on Friday 4,329 persons getting diagnosed with Covid-19. Out of this, Chennai alone tested 2,082 patients while neighboring districts of Chengalpet registered 330 patients. Kancheepuram (121) and Thiruvallur (172) continued to be the danger zones along with Chennai, according to the medical bulletin issued by the Tamil Nadu Government.
Out of the 64 deaths registered in the State on Friday, 58 had pre-existing comorbidity or chronic diseases. The death toll as on Friday in Tamil Nadu stood at 1,385.
Tamil Nadu continued with its aggressive testing programmes and the day saw 34,272 patients getting tested in the 91 laboratories across the State. Till date the Government has tested 1.21 million persons and counting. The number of persons got discharged from the hospitals following the cure from the pandemic reached 58,378 on Friday.
Madurai (287) and Theni (126) are the new headaches for the State administration. Theni borders Kerala and there is possibilities of coronavirus persons crossing over to Tamil Nadu via the reserve forests and plantations. The districts with rural ambience and greeneries continued to be safe places which have prevented the coronavirus from making any deep dent.
Prsons in the age group of 13-60 continued to be the most vulnerable to covid-19 according to the bulletin. Out of the total number of persons diagnosed with the pandemic, 85, 305 belonged to this group. While the persons above the age of 60 accounted for 12,363 cases, 5.052 kids in 0-12 age group too were found to be afflicted with coronavirus.
With the vaccine meant for covid-19 remaining a mirage, veteran physicians and public health specialists are of the view that the Government should take into confidence practitioners of all branches of medicine to work out a protocol. “In Chennai itself more than 100 covid-19 patients including a people’s representative have been cured of this pandemic by Ayurvedic medicine.
But we do not want to publicize it through the media lest the authorities think we are trying to promote something for our personal gains,” said an eminent physician on conditions of anonymity.