Record single-day spike in TN: 2,532 cases, 53 fatalities

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu's Covid-19 numbers on Sunday were the highest so far for a single day - 53 dead and 2,532 new cases - while the lockdown was complete in Chennai and three adjoining districts. The number of active cases in the state also crossed 25,000 for the first time; the number was around 10,000 on June1.
The official toll is now 757, but this count does not include more than 200 deaths that the Greater Chennai Corporation had recorded.A government committee is still "reconciling" the figures.
Thirty-two of the 53 reported dead on Sunday were above the age of 60; the youngest victim was a 34-year-old asthma patient from Tirunelveli.
Nearly 70% of the fresh cases were reported in Chennai (1,493) and its three neighbouring districts of Chengalpet, Kancheepuram and Thiruvallur, which are under an intense lockdown till the end of the month. More than 700 cases were reported in other districts such Cuddalore (90), Vellore (87) and Tiruvanamalai (76) in North Tamil Nadu, and Madurai (68), Thanjavur (44) and Trichy (35). Thanjavur had reported only nine positive cases on Saturday.
Roads in Chennai and its neighbouring three districts wore a deserted look on the first Sunday shutdown as only emergency vehicles were allowed.
For second day, over 30,000 tests
Except for health and allied services, most others stayed back home.
Police checking was intensified and 3,577 cases were filed in the last 24 hours for violating lockdown norms. A total of 948 vehicles were seized.
The Greater Chennai Corporation conducted 357 fever clinics across the city and screened 20,525 people. Of them, 872 were found to have ILI (influenza like illness), and will be monitored further. For the second day in a row, TN ran more that 30,000 tests. As many as 31,401 samples were tested at 86 labs.
Nine passengers who returned from Maharashtra tested positive. As far as flights were concerned, the government said 262 tested positive.
But even on Sunday around 1,000 people walked out of Chennai Airport unmonitored.