Welcome News: Corona Status Chennai Number of containment zones now down to 4!
Posted on: 02/Nov/2020 12:00:28 PM
The number of COVID-19 containment zones in the Chennai Metro City has come down to just four!
Till recent times, a total of 11 Corporation zones were active cases of only two per cent including the five North Chennai zones - Thiruvotriyur, Manali, Madhavaram, Tondiarpet and Royapuram.
With the recent welcome news of the declining trend of coronavirus infection in the Chennai Metro City, the city now has just four containment zones as of Sunday.
Presently, 13 out of the 15 Corporation zones are free of any containment areas while Manali Corporation zone has three containment zones and Sholinganallur has one containment zone.
The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) officials informed that the city is likely to have zero containment zones soon as the existing four containment zones too would go off by November 3rd as the 14-day window would be over.
A GCC official shared: “So far, there`s no spike in cases in these active zones and cases are coming down overall in all zones.”
Much to the relief of residents, active cases in the Sholinganallur Corporation zone have now reduced below 100 as the zone has only two per cent of active cases now.
At present, a total of 11 Corporation zones have active cases of only two per cent including the five North Chennai zones - Thiruvotriyur, Manali, Madhavaram, Tondiarpet and Royapuram.
Apart from the above containment zones, the city presently has 302 streets with positive cases. In this, Sholinganallur has the lowest of just five streets with active cases and the Vaasarawakam zone has six containment zones. Teynampet zone has 43 streets with active cases followed by Adyar with 42 streets.
GCC officials informed that the Assistant Engineers in each zone have been told to monitor the busy places of shopping in the city.
The official shared further: “There is an excess crowd in places like Ranganathan Street and areas surrounding Pondy bazaar. We will give a warning to the small scale shops in the locality if it is crowded. If the shopkeepers can`t ensure social distancing of customers, we will definitely seal the shops.”
In the Chennai Metro City, 95% of the total infected Covid-19 patients have been discharged while the mortality rate is at 1.8 per cent and active cases are at 3 per cent.
