Unimaginable rise in COVID cases in Chennai - New curbs planned by GCC to control the spread of COVID
Posted on: 05/Apr/2021 9:23:39 AM
For the last 10 days, the residents belonging to Chennai have been waking up to the news regarding the rise in the Covid-19 positive cases in the city.
It is important to mention that the TPR or test positivity rate (number of positive samples from 100 cases tested) has become thrice in Chennai from 3.61% on 23rd March to 9.13% on 3rd April. This has set the alarming bells ringing. It is known that TRP indicates the spread of the Covid-19 infection.
For the last few weeks of time, the testing in Chennai has been constant with GCC testing 14000 to 15000 samples every day. On 23rd March, 27th March and on 3rd April 2021, the number of active cases in Chennai was 3441, 4785 and 7713 respectively.
Now, GCC is planning to tighten curbs due to an increase in the Coronavirus cases in Chennai. It is said that there would be strict curbs on the movement of the people in Chennai after the elections on 6th April. The case load would be brought under control once by the end of April month when the new measures start in Chennai. This was mentioned by Mr. G. Prakash Chennai corporation commissioner.
Three major points of action:
Mr Prakash then threw light on the 3 major points of action that would be implemented in Chennai to control Covid-19 infection. There would be a fever clinic in 100 top hotspot locations in Chennai city, 1000 focus volunteers would be brought for ensuring essentials to reach those under home isolation and stop them from venturing out, door-to-door visit by fever survey workers etc.
It must be remembered that in the months of May and June in 2020, the TPR in Chennai was as high as 33pecent for some days in the first Covid wave. The testing numbers were increased by the GCC and this led to a decrease in TPR to around 19% and then to 15% in February -early March time period.
Currently, Anna Nagar zone has 928 active cases and it is the zone with highest number of active cases out of the 15 GCC zones.
