Corporation workers sanitize a road during COVID-19 lockdown in Coimbatore. (PTI)
Chennai, Hyderabad Coronavirus News Live Updates: Tamil Nadu recorded 26,513 positive cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the state tally to 21,23,029. Among these, Chennai reported 2467 positive cases, bringing the city’s total to 5,06,937. The state recorded 490 deaths on Tuesday, putting the state toll at 24,722. 379 of them had succumbed due to comorbidities. A total of 31,673 patients were discharged following treatment, taking the total number of recoveries to 18,02,176.
Telangana reported 2,493 new Covid-19 infections on Tuesday. Fifteen people succumbed to the virus and 3,308 patients were declared having recovered fully on the day. The active caseload of patients under treatment now stands at 33,254. Greater Hyderabad reported maximum cases with 318 cases. The cumulative Covid-19 caseload for Telangana now stands at 5,80,844 and the recovery rate stands at 93.7 percent.
As liquor shops remain closed in Tamil Nadu owing to the coronavirus lockdown, tipplers in the state are resorting to brewing spurious arrack with fatal consequences. The state-run Tasmac liquor stores in the state were open during earlier lockdowns. In Mayiladuthurai, two people died Sunday after allegedly consuming spurious arrack; the local police said the duo had used an unknown chemical to brew it.
READ | Tamil Nadu: Liquor shops shut in lockdown, tipplers brew spurious liquor
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a chargesheet against 25 Hyderabad-based jewellers and chartered accountants for depositing demonetised notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 amounting to Rs 111 crores in their banks.
READ | ED files chargesheet against Hyderabad jewellers, CAs for depositing demonetised notes
For assistance on COVID-19-related queries and mental health support in Chennai, citizens can contact the Greater Chennai Corporation’s (GCC) COVID-19 helpline 044 46122300 or 044 25384520 | Citizens can also contact the general helpline 104, the 24-hour helplines 044 29510400 or 29510500 and the 24 x 7 mobile helplines 8754448477 or 9444340496 | Citizens can find the nearest GCC-facilitated COVID-19 fever clinic here | For lodging rain-related complaints and assistance during the monsoon, citizens can contact the GCC’s monsoon helplines 044 25384530 or 044 25384540 or the control room 1913 (available 24×7)
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