The cases of corona are surging every day. In a meeting held with district collectors on Tuesday, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami stressed on the need to moreover lower fatality rates in the state of Tamil Nadu due to COVID-19. He asserted that awareness among residents about the virus should be developed. District collectors should increase awareness among people on the need to seek healthcare assistance by visiting hospitals within 24 hours of the demonstration of symptoms like fever, breathlessness, fatigue and a loss of taste, said the Chief Minister.
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He advised, “Priority must be given to samples of senior citizens and those with comorbidities while conducting RT-PCR (Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction) tests to detect COVID-19. Test results should be declared expeditiously.” The Chief Minister also directed the collectors to monitor if the protocol for treating COVID-19 patients was being obeyed in government and private hospitals. "District collectors must periodically inspect the amenities at COVID care centres,” he said. So far Rs 7,323 crore has been spent on prevention, treatment and relief for the coronavirus pandemic, he said.
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"In view of a string of measures to combat COVID-19, Tamil Nadu's recovery rate is above 90.50 per cent and the fatality rate is low at 1.60 per cent. Though Tamil Nadu has a low mortality rate, it needed to be further reduced and district collectors, in consultation with health officials, should intensify measures to make it happen," Palaniswami said. As of September 29, Tamil Nadu's death toll was 9,453, which includes 3,195 patients from Chennai, 551 from Chengalpattu and 545 from Tiruvallur. The active number of cases stood at 46,306 as of Tuesday and cumulatively, 5,36,209 people recovered of the 5,91,943 total cases.
