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Tamil Nadu reports 1,181 fresh cases
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December 17, 2020 02:24 IST
The number of active cases stands at 9,880; 1,240 more discharged; 12 deaths push the toll to 11,931
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The number of active cases stands at 9,880; 1,240 more discharged; 12 deaths push the toll to 11,931
Tamil Nadu reported 1,181 fresh COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, taking the overall tally to 8,02,342. Chennai and five other districts accounted for over half of the fresh infections.
Chennai topped the table with 344 cases (including three imported ones), taking its total count to 2,20,903. Five other districts had more than 50 cases each Coimbatore (111), Chengalpattu (74), Tiruppur (70), Erode (53) and Tiruvallur (52). Salem and Kancheepuram reported 49 and 40 cases. Perambalur recorded no fresh case, while 12 other districts had less than 10 cases each.
Chennai s RGGGH reduces the number of doctors posted on Covid-19 duty
The RGGGH has handled the largest number of positive Covid-19 cases in the State, treating more than 30,000 patients since March, and has also processed more than 4.5 lakh swab samples so far.
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Chennai corporation collecting swabs from migrant workers who are working at a construction site at OMR (File Photo | Ashwin Prasath, EPS) By Express News Service
CHENNAI: The Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH) has reduced the number of doctors posted on Covid-19 duty due to the decrease in positive cases.
RGGGH dean Dr E Theranirajan said a total of 243 doctors were posted for a cycle consisting of seven days, and now this has been reduced to less than 90 doctors per cycle.
Coronavirus live updates | Government s vaccine distribution plan
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December 15, 2020 16:50 IST
The Health Ministry has said the COVID-19 vaccine will be offered first to healthcare workers, frontline workers and to persons above 50, followed by persons younger than 50 with associated co-morbidities, and finally to the remaining population.
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Vikas Swarup, Secretary (West), Ministry of External Affairs: India’s vaccine production and delivery capacity will be used to help all humanity in fighting the coronavirus crisis . File photo
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The Health Ministry has said the COVID-19 vaccine will be offered first to healthcare workers, frontline workers and to persons above 50, followed by persons younger than 50 with associated co-morbidities, and finally to the remaining population.
‘Physicians must follow up with patients for 6 months to a year’
Fresh coronavirus infections may be on the decline but doctors continue to keep a close watch on post-COVID-19 sequelae in Chennai. From the commonest symptom of fatigue to the rarest complication involving the eyes, a cross-section of doctors is of the view that patients who had COVID-19 need follow-up for at least a year.
One of the first institutions to start a post-COVID Outpatient Ward (OP), the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH), has so far received 1,074 patients since August. Of this, 292 persons were in the age group of 51 to 60 years and 255 aged 41 to 50 years.