Excerpts from health minister's speech on coronavirus
Tamil Nadu, every day, increases its infection cases to now cross the 17,082 today, May 25, along with seven deaths to increase its tally to 118. Health minister Dr. Vijaya Baskar says that the rise is only because of the incoming Tamil people from other states and an increased number of tests. In the last 24 hours, 805 new infected cases have been reported in Tamil Nadu, out of which 549 are from Chennai to increase the infected cases to cross 11,000.
Chennai the hotspot of Tamil Nadu
Though the rise in the number of cases was steadily increasing right from the lockdown in March, in the last week, when many relaxations announced, it is at a rapid pace. Chennai is the most affected district, with nearly 70 % of the infected cases in Tamil Nadu. There are more than 1,100 containment zones in Chennai now, and a few zones are the most affected in it. Though TASMAC shops are not opened in Chennai, many industrial units with limited capacities have started to function from today.
Excerpts of health minister speech to media
Today the health minister explained to the media about the efforts taken by the chief minister and the government in successfully tackling the corona crisis in Tamil Nadu that include