<span style="color: #222222;">In Tamil Nadu, the number of new cases of Covid in the last 24-hours has moved closer to eleven thousand. This is the second time in a row that the figure has almost reached the 11-thousand mark. Meanwhile, state government has said there are sufficient oxygen supplies in all the government hospitals in the state. AIR correspondent reports, the health department in Tamil Nadu received a fresh consignment of about six lakh doses of covid vaccines on Tuesday. The state has so far received about 56 lakh doses of the vaccines.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">On the clinical front, the state Directorate of Medical and Rural Health Services has asked all the empaneled private hospitals to earmark at least 50-percent of their beds for Covid treatment. The move is aimed at augmenting the bed availability for the treatment of the viral disease.</span><br />''  <br />