Chennai: With Coimbatore beating Chennai and other parts of Tamilnadu in Covid cases, Health Minister M Subramanian and Health Secretary Dr J Radhakrishnan are rushing to the textile city to take stock of the situation.
“Based on the instructions of the Chief Minister, Health Secretary and myself are going to Coimbatore. Measures to control Covid spread will be intensified,” said Subramanian at an event in Saidapet this morning.
For the second consecutive day, Coimbatore reported more number of fresh Covid-19 cases than Chennai.
The western district logged 4,734 cases while Chennai recorded 2,779 cases. Tiruppur’s daily count rose to 2,074. Erode reported 1,699 cases, followed by Tiruchi with 1,617. There were 1,392 cases in Chengalpattu, 1,395 in Madurai, 1,221 in Tiruvallur and 1,016 in Virudhunagar.