Covid-19 in Tamil Nadu: Poet Manushyaputhiran tests positive; state reports 4,538 fresh cases, 79 deaths

In the southern region, Madurai continued to witness more number of cases. On Friday, the city added another 263 fresh cases; its tally now stands at 7,858. Other districts like Thiruvallur (220) and Virudhunagar (196) reported maximum cases.

So far, 3,84,699 persons have entered Tamil Nadu through various modes of transport and 4,635 have tested positive till date.

Tamil Poet Manushyaputhiran tests positive

Tamil Poet and DMK speaker Manushyaputhiran has tested positive for Covid-19. The poet took to Facebook and said he does not know how he got infected despite being careful. “I wrote various articles on Covid-19 and participated in various TV shows, now I have been infected by the disease. Stay safe everyone, I hope I will get better soon”, he wrote.

The 52-year-old poet who stays in Chennai had come down to his native before the lockdown was imposed. Manushyaputhiran mentioned in his Facebook post that recently he underwent heart surgery in Chennai.

58 flights at Chennai International Airport

A total of 58 flights plied between Chennai and other major cities on Friday. There were 29 arrivals and 29 departures at the Chennai International Airport (MAA) today. The first flight to Chennai was from Hyderabad which touched down at 07:30 am, while the last flight will touch down at 11:30 from New Delhi.

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— Chennai (MAA) Airport (@aaichnairport) July 15, 2020

Royapuram inches close to 10K cases

Royapuram (Zone 5) in Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) is inching close to 10,000 COVID-19 cases. Until 9 am on Friday, the Zone recorded 9,955 cases. As per the date released by GCC, apart from Manali (Zone 2), the rest of the zones have recorded more than 2,000 cases till date.

• Thiruvottiyur (Zone 1) – 3129
• Manali (Zone 2) – 1492
• Madhavaram (Zone 3) – 2564
• Tondiarpet (Zone 4) – 8546
• Royapuram (Zone 5) – 9955
• Thiru. V.Ka. Nagar (Zone 6) – 6518
• Ambattur (Zone 7) – 4035
• Anna Nagar (Zone 8) – 9223
• Teynampet (Zone 9) – 9140
• Kodambakkam (Zone 10) – 9206
• Valasaravakkam (Zone 11) – 4081
• Alandur (Zone 12) – 2323
• Adyar (Zone 13) – 5350
• Perungudi (Zone 14) – 2130
• Sholinganallur (Zone 15) – 2615