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It was the highest single day rise till date. On 31 March, 57 new cases were reported, all with a history of travel predominately to Delhi, bringing the total to 124. Ī police official in Chennai wearing a unique 'Corona' helmet to dissuade commuters from venturing out during the lockdown. On 30 March, 17 new cases were reported, highest till date in the state - 10 male patients from Erode, all of whom have travelled to Delhi were in contact with the Thailand tourists, 5 in Chennai and 1 each in Karur and Madurai. The total number of confirmed cases reached 50. On 29 March, the state reported eight more cases (four each from Coimbatore and Erode), all of which were linked to the two Thai nationals and their group who had tested positive. With this, the total number of confirmed cases had reached 40 in the state. Two new cases - one each in Kumbakonam and Katpadi were reported. On 28 March, a 21-year-old youth who had just returned from a trip to Dublin, Ireland was discharged from the hospital. The five were in quarantine since 22 March in Salem Medical College. Five others were infected - four Indonesians and their travel guide from Chennai. On 25 March, the first virus-related death in the state was reported after a 54-year-old man in Madurai died. More than 300 people who had come in contact with the three patients were quarantined. They were admitted to IRT Hospital in Perundurai in Erode. On 21 March, a further three were confirmed positive - A Chennai man who had travelled from New Zealand and two Thailand nationals in Erode. On 19 March, a 21-year-old student who returned from Ireland tested positive. He did not have any history of foreign travel and was described as a domestic case by the state health minister C. Īfter more than a week without new cases, on 18 March, the second person who had travelled by train from Delhi to Chennai confirmed positive.
Later, on 10 March, he recovered and tested negative. He was isolated in Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital. He had returned from Oman and started developing symptoms including fever and cough. The first case of coronavirus was confirmed on 7 March in a resident from Kanchipuram in Chennai. Reported recoveries surpassed active cases Nationwide lockdown imposed till 14 Aprilįirst case identified from Tablighi Jamaat cluster See also: Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in India March Major events in COVID19 pandemic in Tamil Nadu till 30 AprilĬlosure of commercial establishments, schools and colleges 10.1 Total confirmed cases, active cases, recoveries and deaths.6.1.1 Lockdown extensions and relaxations.3.2.1 Number of samples tested per week.Tamil Nadu reached its peak number of active cases on 31 July with 57,968 and started to show a decline.
The state has enforced a stricter lockdown in four majorly-affected districts which includes Chennai and its three neighbouring districts of Chengalpattu,Thiruvallur and Kancheepuram from 19 to 30 June. The lockdown was further extended until 30 June with significant relaxations from 1 June. The state has 85 laboratories approved by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), capable of conducting tests.The state has been under a lockdown since 25 March which was relaxed to an extent from 4 May onwards. The state government has responded to the outbreak by following a contact-tracing, testing and surveillance model. Another large local cluster in Koyambedu of Chennai was identified in May. The initial surge in cases in the state was due to a cluster linked to a Tablighi Jamaat religious congregation event that took place in Delhi, which caused a spike in early April. In June, the state saw a surge in deaths with 209 deaths (36% of the state's recorded deaths) occurring between 11 and 16 June. All 37 districts of the state are affected by the pandemic, with capital district Chennai being the worst affected.Īs per the Health Department, 88% of the patients are asymptomatic while 84% of deaths were among those with co-morbidities. The largest single-day spike (30,987 cases) was reported on and Tamil Nadu now has the fourth highest number of confirmed cases in India after Maharashtra, Kerala and Karnataka. The first case of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu was reported on 7 March 2020.