Cases began doubling in Chennai last week. From new cases on January 3, the capital city reported 2, cases on January 5. On Monday, Tamil Nadu reported 13, new cases out of which 6, from Chennai. The number of people tested in the state is 1.
The positivity rate in Chennai is however much lower compared to Mumbai Though overall, hospitalisation has been lesser this time around compared to the second wave of the Delta variant, the beds in private facilities are fast filling up but government facilities still have a large number of beds vacant.
As of Monday, only 6, beds occupied out of a total of 75, beds which includes ICUs and those with oxygen support available across the state. The state has not dismantled its infrastructure which was in place during the second wave last year and the health department has been augmenting bed capacity with oxygen support since then. This is due to less serious illness produced by the Omicron variant compared to the globally dominant Delta variant which, when it had peaked, resulted in a shortage of medical grade oxygen across the country.
We need not panic but people need to cooperate by following pandemic norms. If they do, there is a possibility for the transmission to rapidly decline too. Tamil Nadu has a total of patients who are infected with the Omicron variant out of which have been discharged. Chennai has the highest number of Omicron cases at — all of them have been discharged following treatment.
The directorate of public health and preventive medicine on Monday released new guidelines for testing amid the spread of the new variant. Kolandaswamy is a member of a committee that was formed during the second wave last year to advise the Tamil Nadu government on preparing for the third wave.
Divya Chandrababu is an award-winning political and human rights journalist based in Chennai, India. She started her career as a broadcast journalist at NDTV-Hindu where she anchored and wrote prime time news bulletins. Later, she covered politics, development, mental health, child and disability rights for The Times of India. It will be one of these:. If you received payment by electronic funds transfer EFT , or direct deposit, follow the directions under Find Information About a Payment.
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