NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, JUN 15
Tamil Nadu has recorded 11,805 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, pushing the caseload to 23,78,298, while 267 deaths including that of an eight-month old girl child took the toll to 30,068.
According to a medical bulletin, 23,207 people were discharged Tuesday, taking the overall tally to 22,23,015 leaving 1,25,215 active infections.
The fresh coronavirus cases in the state included two returnees from Andhra Pradesh and Bihar respectively.
Tamil Nadu recorded its highest daily infection tally at 36,184 on May 21 and since then it has been reporting a declining trend.
On May 30, the state saw its daily cases dropping below the 30,000 mark and on June 7 below 20,000.
Meanwhile, Coimbatore and Erode constituted the majority of new infections, adding 1,563 and 1,270 new infections respectively while four districts-Chennai, Salem, Thanjavur and Tiruppur- added new cases in excess of 500.
The number of samples tested today was at 1,70,961 pushing the cumulative number of specimens examined to 3,03,09,255.
Among the 267 deceased, 148 succumbed in government hospitals while the remaining died in private facilities.
As many as 63 of the fatalities were patients without any comorbidity or pre-existing illness, including an eight- month old girl child in Theni.
A private lab in Chennai was approved to hold COVID-19 testing pushing the overall laboratories operating in the state to 273 till date, the bulletin said.
CM convenes district collectors’ meeting
புதிதாகப் பொறுப்பேற்கவுள்ள மாவட்ட ஆட்சித் தலைவர்களுடன் கலந்துரையாடினேன்.
பொதுவிநியோகத் திட்டத்தைச் சிறப்பாகச் செயல்படுத்தி, தரமான உணவுப்பொருட்கள் கிடைப்பதை அவர்கள் உறுதிசெய்திட வேண்டும்.
மக்களின் மனுக்கள் மீது விரைவாக நடவடிக்கை எடுத்து குறைதீர்க்க வேண்டுமெனக் கேட்டுக்கொண்டேன். pic.twitter.com/tUZN1Vlytr
— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) June 15, 2021
Earlier in the day, Chief Minister M K Stalin held a meeting with new IAS officers who were posted as collectors of various districts.
While addressing the officials, he said the government took several measures towards strengthening medical infrastructure in the state in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic and ensured that there was no shortage of medical oxygen to treat COVID-19 patients.
