<span style="color: black;">In Tamilnadu, capital Chennai has been witnessing a dip in the Covid positive cases. For the past three days, data shows a downward curve.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''The city had registered over 7500 cases on the 13th May and on Saturday, the number of fresh cases stood at 6600.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''AIR correspondent reports, Covid cases started slowing down after stricter measures on the lock down was introduced and also because the Chennai city corporation had stepped up the testing and monitoring of fever cases.&nbsp;<b></b><br />''&nbsp;<br />''According to the Corporation Comissioner GagandeepSingh Bedi 400 fever camps have been set up in the city in 200 wards of the Corporation.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''Since 8th of this month over 1 lakh 29 thousand camps were conducted and more than 65 lakh 92 thousand people were tested.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''Out of which more than 18 lakh 46 thousand people tested positive.&nbsp;<br />''&nbsp;<br />''Those who were less symptomatic were provided minimal treatment in quarantine.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''In another development, the Government has deputed two IAS officers to facilitate movement of liquid oxygen from Rourkela and Kalinga Nagar.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''These officers who are fluent in Oriya and Hindi will be stationed there for two weeks. Till now the State has received 110 metric tonnes of oxygen.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''A continuous stream of tankers with 110 metric tonnes of liquid oxygen perday are expected in this exclusive&nbsp; route.&nbsp;</span><br />
News On AIR | May 16, 2021 1:53 PM
Chennai records fall in Covid positive cases