Chennai: Reports reveived from various parts of Tamilnadu indicate that the State will witness more number of Coronavirus positive cases today too, due to increased testing activities and the Koyambedu cluster.
It is said that 68 persons were confirmed with Covid-19 in Cuddalore alone today, and all of them were linked to Koyambedu wholesale market.
With Covid-19 cases increasing at an alarming rate in Chennai, Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami has jumped into action and is leading the corona war from the front.
Today, he visited the Rippon Buildings, the headquarters of Greater Chennai Corporation and chaired a detailed review meeting with officials who are entrusted with Covid-19 duty.
“It was a micro-level review meeting and the CM wanted to know every minute detail. He urged officials to speed up steps and to bring the spread under control in a few days. He assured all support from the government,” sources said.
A majority of the cases were linked to the single largest cluster — Koyambedu Wholesale vegetable market in the city, from where the number of those testing positive continued to be on the upswing for the last couple of days.
Of the 527cases in Tamilnadu Monday, Chennai topped with 266 positive cases (again a single day high) and most of them were linked to Koyambedu market, taking the city’s corona tally to 1,724.