Chennai: As the first phase of 21-day lockdown drew to a close, 31 more people in Tamilnadu tested positive for corona on Tuesday, taking the tally to 1,204, even as the pandemic claimed 12 lives in the State so far.
This is by far the lowest number of positive cases reported on a single day in Tamilnadu in the last 15 days, giving indications of the Covid-19 curve flattening. Also, Tamilnadu, which was standing at second position in the country in terms of number of affected people, now stands fourth after Maharashtra (2784), Delhi (1561) and Rajasthan (1304).
Amid significant increase in numbers over the last few days that prompted Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami to extend the lockdown till 30 April and Prime Minister Narendra Modi extending it by three more days till 3 May, these developments have given relief to health managers.
“This is because of the strong measures taken by the State government, including stringent enforcement of lockdown, maintanence of containment zones and aggressive contact tracing and testing by health officials,” official sources said.