Corona Updates

Corona Updates

April 2

Coronavirus Update – 9PM

3 Employees of Lifestyle store in Chennai PhoenixMall have tested positive for CoronaVirus

If u visited Lifestyle store between Mar 10th to 17th, you are required to keep a watch on your heath and reach out to authorities if u have any symptoms.

Contact Helpline: 044 2538 4520, 044 4612 2300.

April 2

Coronavirus Update – 8PM

75 news positive cases in Tamil Nadu. 74 cases from Delhi conference. Total cases 309.

April 1

Coronavirus Update – 8PM

A whooping 110 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in TN in one day. All of them had participated in Tablighi Jamaat conference. All of them had voluntarily turned themselves in to hospitals after the govt requested.

 

District wise break up: Tirunelveli – 6, Coimbatore – 28, Erode – 2, Theni – 20, Dindigul – 17, Madurai – 9, Tirupathur – 7, Chengalpet – 7, Sivagangai – 5, Tuticorin – 2, Tiruvarur – 2, Karur – 1, Kanchi – 2, Chennai – 1 and Tiruvannamalai – 1.

March 31

Coronavirus Update – 8PM

50 new Coronavirus cases reported in Tamil Nadu. 45 of them are people who attended the Tablighi Jamaat meeting in New Delhi.
Tirunelveli -22
Tuticorin – 1
Kanyakumari – 4
Namakkal – 18
Total of 124 cases in Tamil Nadu as of now (5 recovered, one deceased).
March 31

Coronavirus Update – 12PM

7 New coronavirus positive cases reported from Tamil Nadu.

43 Y M, travel History to Trivandrum at RGGH.

28 Y M coworker of earlier +ve Pt at Tiruvannamalai Medical College.

3 Male Pts, at Vilupuram MC with Travel History to Delhi.

2 Male Pts at Madurai Rajaji,Travel History to Delhi.

March 30

Coronavirus Update – 1PM

17 new cases reported (Erode -10, Chennai – 4, Madurai – 2, Tiruvarur – 1). Total cases 67 in TN.

March 29

Coronavirus Update – 6.30PM

TN reports 8 new positive cases from Erode and Coimbatore.

4 having contact history with Thai Patient admitted in ESI, coimbatore.

4 having travel history to Delhi admitted in in IRTPMCH, Perundurai.

TN Total – 50.

March 29

Coronavirus Update – 5PM

Tamil Nadu – Two COVID-19 patients who were tested +ve on return from the USA, have recovered from the illness and tested negative, discharged from Stanley hospital today. They will be home quarantined for next 14 days.

Total recovery in TN: 4

March 29

Coronavirus Update – 11.30AM

Swiggy and Zomato resumed operations in Chennai this morning.

Very handful of restaurants are open.

Most restaurants are still closed as workers have left for their native.

Food delivery apps will operate in 3 time windows for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

March 28

Coronavirus Update – 7.30PM

One more positive CoronaVirus case in TN. Total – 42

25 Y M from West Mambalam, Chennai. Pt is undergoing treatment in isolation at a Private Hospital.

March 28

Coronavirus Update – 6.30PM

1 new case 60Yr M from Rajapalayam, Virudhnagar tested positive, admitted in Madurai medical college. Total 41 so far.

March 28

Coronavirus Update – 11.30AM

2 more new cases of Covid19 in TN.

42-year-old male from Kumbakonam. Returned recently from West Indies.

49-year-old male from Katpadi. Returned from UK and currently admitted in a private hospital in Vellore.

Total cases – 40 (including 2 discharged, 1 deceased).

March 27

Coronavirus Update – 9.30PM

3 more new CoronaVirus cases in TN.

73 Y F from Chennai at RGGH.

61 Y M contact of Indonesian Nationals, at Salem Medical College.

39 Y M from Anna Nagar, Chennai at KMCH.

Total 38 so far.

March 27

Coronavirus Update – 8.30PM

In Tamil Nadu from March 29 (Sunday), shops selling vegetables and other essential commodities will be open only from 6am to 2.30pm. Same applies for Petrol Pumps.

 

Tamil Nadu Govt announced Food delivery services like Swiggy, Zomato, Uber Eats will be allowed to deliver from 7 am-9.30 am in the morning, 12pm-2.30pm in the afternoon and 6pm-9pm in the night.

March 27

Coronavirus Update – 8PM

NEET Medical Entrance Exam for this year, scheduled in May is postponed.

 

For anyone in Tamil Nadu needing dialysis can call 108. They will be picked up by Ambulance, taken to the dialysis centre and dropped back.

March 27

Coronavirus Update – 2.30PM

Tamil Nadu govt recruits 530 doctors, 1000 nurses and 1,508 lab technicians to meet the medical requirements in the wake of CoronavirusOutbreak.

March 27

Coronavirus Update – 12.30PM

6 new Covid18 positive cases today in TN
Erode – 2 (contacts of Thai Nationals),
Madurai – 2 family member of before Madurai patient
Chennai – 2 (1 family member of Purasaiwakam patient, 1 25yr F admitted in Ariyalur GH)

March 27

Coronavirus Update – 11.30AM

RBI announces 3 months postponement of EMI payments to Banks.

People can pay instalments for their loans to Banks after 3 months.

March 26

Coronavirus Update – 8.30PM

Tamil Nadu gets its 4th private lab to test Covid19. ICMR has added Shri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute, Porur to the list of approved private labs. Other labs are CMC Vellore, Apollo and Neuberg Ehrlich Lab in Chennai.

March 26

Coronavirus Update – 7PM

2 more new CoronaVirus cases in TN.

24 Y M – returned from London.
65 Y F – Chennai.

Getting treated in KMC Chennai

Total is now 29.