<span style="color: #222222;">In Tamil Nadu, 86 more people were tested positive for COVID-19 while two people died of the disease today. Barring one case who has a travel history to Dubai, all the other new cases are those who attended the Delhi conference. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">With this, the total number of infected people in the state has risen to 571 and the death toll to 5 as said by the state health secretary Beela Rajesh. Talking to reporters in Chennai this evening, she said 1848 other people are admitted into isolation wards with symptoms. 8 patients have been discharged so far after cure. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">AIR Correspondent reports, the Tamil Nadu Government is focussing more on the containment plan and more testing to weed out the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Under the containment plan, in the more susceptible areas where there are one or more confirmed cases, the field workers have covered nearly Nine lakh 23 thousand households and close to 39 lakh people by screening them for any symptoms for the disease. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The health department has asserted that there are enough test kits in-store in all the hospitals and more are in the pipeline. All lab technicians have been trained in testing the RNA of the virus in the sample swabs. Meanwhile, the possible worst-case scenario for the state has been assessed by the government based on the experiences of other countries where the problem is more pronounced. Based on the projections, short and long term strategies have been devised to ward off the viral threat. </span><br />