Tamil Nadu on April 30 saw the highest number of coronavirus cases since the first case was reported on March 7. A total of 161 fresh cases were recorded and the city of Chennai itself had 138 cases, reflecting a clear rising trend.
With this, the State’s total count of COVID-19 cases increased to 2,323*.
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A total of 97 men and 64 women tested positive on April 30. A majority of them — 141 persons — were in the 13-60 age group. There were 13 children in the 0-12 age group and seven persons were aged above 60.
There were no deaths. As on date, a total of 1,035 persons (active cases) are under treatment in hospitals.
The number of districts that reported fresh cases increased to 11. Apart from Chennai, there were five cases each in Chengalpattu and Madurai, three cases each in Kancheepuram and Ramanathapuram, two in Perambalur, and one each in Ariyalur, Cuddalore, Ranipet, Salem and Tiruvannamalai.
While Chennai’s total COVID-19 count soared, crossing the 900-mark, it should be noted that Chengalpattu too has been reporting fresh cases in the last few days. Chennai presently has a total of 906 cases.
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Two districts — Ranipet and Ramanathapuram — that moved to the orange zone (districts with less than 15 cases or no new case in the last 14 days) on Wednesday, moved back to the red zone (more than 15 cases or doubling time less than four days) after reporting fresh cases. However, Erode, that saw a significant number of cases in the beginning, moved from the red to the orange zone, with its present case count being 70. This means that there was no new case in the district in the last 14 days.
According to a bulletin issued by the Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, detailed investigation is in progress for 34 primary persons.
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Another 48 persons were discharged after treatment from hospitals across the State. This took the total number of persons discharged in the State to 1,258. In Chennai, a total of 214 persons have been discharged so far. The number of persons discharged from Coimbatore and Tiruppur was 125 and 103, respectively.
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More samples were tested with the day’s count being 9,787 — an increase of 1,700 from Wednesday. From 7,886 individuals on Wednesday, the number of persons tested increased to 9,643.
Till now, 1,19,748 samples have been sent for COVID-testing. A total of 1,10,718 individuals have been tested so far. Testing of 1,664 samples are under process, while 9,030 samples are repeat samples.
As on date, a total of 1,978 persons, suspected to have symptoms of COVID-19, have been admitted to isolation wards. There are 31,375 persons under home quarantine and 40 are in government quarantine facilities.
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(* This is inclusive of two deaths cross notified to other states and one patient who died after testing negative for the infection)
Published - April 30, 2020 09:34 pm IST
