Chennai: Greater Chennai Corporation Commissioner G Prakash has said that under the Home Quarantine Monitoring System, 4,500 volunteers have been assigned to assist and monitor people in about 1.20 lakh quarantined residences.
Speaking to the media, he said that the plan, already implemented, will cover 18 categories of people under quarantine and the initiative would go a long way in cutting down the spread of infection.
He added that the civic body expected a reduction in case load before the end of the present lockdown in view of several such measures.
As many as 2,710 people tested positive for the virus in Tamilnadu Monday, which is the single day highest increase, taking the tally to 62,087. Thirty seven patients died, pushing the toll to 794 in the state, a health department bulletin said.