Chennai: With a whopping number of 452 cases, Chennai continues to be a cause of concern for healthcare experts and managers, who believe that the upcoming total lockdown would play a key role in controlling the spread of coronavirus pandemic.
Chennai continues to remain on the top of the chart with 452 cases, followed by Coimbatore (141), Tiruppur (110),Ā Dindigul (80), Erode (70), Tirunelveli (63), Chengalpattu (57), Madurai (56), Thanjavur and Namakkal (55 each),Ā Tiruvallur (52) and Trichy (51).
Till date 87,159 passengers have completed 28 days follow-up. As on date 1,16,095 were under home quarantine for 28 days and 19 asymptomatic passengers from highly affected countries were being quarantined in quarantine facilities near airport, while 1,846 suspected individuals were under admission in isolation wards.
A total of 25,503 patients were under active quarantine and 19 under Government Quarantine. The total number of active cases as on date was 864.
According to the government, till date total number of samples taken and sent for testing was 72,403, including 6,426 today, of which 1,755 tested positive, 62,596 tested negative, while testing of 1,483 samples were under process.
Of this, 6,569 samples are repeat samples of same persons. The total number of persons tested till date was 65,834, which included 5,882 Friday.