With a quarter of cases still active, Ambattur is worst-hit zone in city

As on date, 1,11,054 persons were tested positive for the COVID-19 in the city and 97,574 were discharged, while 11,130 people are still undergoing treatment. A total of 2,350 persons died with a mortality rate of 2.11 per cent.

A senior Corporation official said that the civic body would continue to work to keep the number of cases below the 1,000-mark with strict enforcement of the social distancing norms and wearing of face masks to check the virus spread.

“In the daily door-to-door checking by the field workers, if a person was found to have complaints of breathlessness, they would be immediately taken to the ward level doctor and then to the suspect COVID-19 ward without waiting for the tests. This would help treat persons better and reduce the mortality rate,” the official said, adding that this move was aimed at bringing down the mortality rate. The Corporation continues to test more than 12,000 persons, including those identified with symptoms at fever camps. On Monday, 12,387 persons were tested for the coronavirus infection.

According to Corporation statistics, the number of active cases is about 10 per cent. Of the 15 corporation zones, Ambattur zone has the highest rate of active cases at 23 per cent and 1,619 cases followed by Sholinganallur and Alandur with 16 per cent and 15 per cent cases respectively. Teynampet, Madhavaram, Tondiarpet, Royapuram, Thiru Vi Ka Nagar and Tiruvottiyur have active cases of less than 10 per cent.

As far as the mortality rate is concerned, Teynampet tops the zones with a total of 346 deaths and mortality rate of 3.01 per cent followed by Tiruvottiyur with 2.90 per cent. Tondiarpet, Royapuram and Thiru Vi Ka Nagar zones have a mortality rate of over 2 per cent.