Former Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister and AIADMK’s coordinator O Pannerselvam has been elected as the deputy leader of the legislature party. Former minister SP Velumani will be the party whip.
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Tamil Nadu has reopened Tasmac outlets, the state government-owned liquor shops, after a gap of more than a month as part of several relaxations of Covid-19 restrictions and the move has created a political storm with opposition parties accusing the government of double standard.
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Tamil Nadu recorded 11,805 positive cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the state tally to 23,78,298. Among these, Chennai reported 793 positive cases, bringing the city’s total to 5,26,614 The state recorded 267 deaths on Tuesday, putting the state toll at 30,968.204 of them had succumbed due to comorbidities. A total of 23,207 patients were discharged following treatment, taking the total number of recoveries to 22,23,015.
Three special teams have been formed to drive away two wild elephants straying into human settlements in and around Boluvampatti range on the outskirts, forest department sources said on Tuesday. According to the sources, two tuskers attempted to enter the area last night, but the department staff succeeded in chasing them away.
However, both the elephants returned through Thanikandi tribal hamlet and stayed put at a pond near Muttathuvayal early Tuesday. Based on information given by the residents, forest rangers and other department staff rushed to the spot to chase them away, with the help of a team each from Coimbatore and Madukkarai range office, they said. Efforts are on to drive the elephants away to the reserve forest area, which is just two km from the pond, and senior officials are monitoring their movement with the help of drones, the sources said.
The Tamil Nadu government will take a call on reopening schools in the state after assessing the situation following the relaxation of some curbs, School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi reaffirmed on Monday.
The Class XI admission in government and government-aided schools began in the state on Monday. The minister visited a school in Chennai to review the process. While addressing the reporters, he said apart the admission process is not taking place currently in 11 districts – Coimbatore, Nilgiris, Tiruppur, Erode, Salem, Karur, Namakkal, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam and Mayiladuthrurai which have a high caseload of Covid-19.
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The Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education (TSBIE) announced the cancellation of Intermediate Public Examinations (IPE) for the first year (Class 11) and second-year (Class 12) students. This decision has been taken in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. The inter were earlier postponed due to Covid-19.
“Considering the present pandemic situation prevailing in the State, Government hereby decides to cancel Class XII Intermediate public examination for the academic year 2020-21. Results to be declared on basis of pre-determined objective criteria. Secretary, Board of Intermediate Examination is directed to issue orders for promoting all Class XI students to Class 12,” the government of Telangana said in its latest official order.
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A few hours after taking the single-dose intravenous injection of Zolgensma, considered the world’s most expensive medical drug, three-year-old Ayaansh told his parents he would like to walk and come home. Rupal and Yogesh Gupta, the boy’s parents for whom it was the most memorable day of their lives, broke down hearing these words.
“Every mother wants to see her child walking and running. I never got to see that,” the 34-year-old mother said recalling those moments from June 9.
Ayaansh has not been a regular boy, after having missed almost all developmental milestones in a child’s growth. It was a few days after his first birthday, on June 4, 2018, that Ayaansh was diagnosed with a rare genetic disease called Spinal Muscular Atrophy(SMA), a life-threatening progressive condition. Not only were treatment options not available in the country, but the drug also cost Rs 16 crore despite the Center’s waiver of import duty and GST running into a few crores. “While leaving the hospital, Rupal and I recalled our situation two years ago when we knew about SMA for the first time. We hope our son can now lead a normal life. That is all that we wanted,” said Yogesh Gupta (35).
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A day after hitting fresh record highs on Monday, petrol and diesel prices were steady across the country on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. The auto fuel prices had touched record highs on June 14, when petrol rose 29 paise per litre and diesel climbed 30 paise in the national capital.
In Chennai, petrol is priced at Rs. 97.69 per litre and diesel at Rs. 91.92 per litre.
In Hyderabad, petrol is priced at Rs. 100.20 per litre while diesel costs Rs. 95.14 per litre.
This is neither satire nor allegory. A groom called Socialism and a bride called Mamata Banerjee have tied the knot. As they solemnised their union on Sunday under the sickle and hammer, brothers of the groom, Communism and Leninism, looked on. This grand alliance, though, did not take place in West Bengal. In fact, the fates seem to have a sense of narrative consistency: The marriage took place in Salem district in a state ruled by Stalin.
Socialism is the third son of the Salem Communist Party of India district secretary, A Mohan. His two elder children are named after high-minded party principles as well. Mamata’s grandfather is responsible for her name — he was a fan of the now three-term Chief Minister of West Bengal. Social media, and even its more analogue counterparts, took great interest in the nuptials ever since the wedding card went viral last week. And why not? “Mamata Banerjee marries Socialism” is a great headline, and even better clickbait. Then, there’s the fact that many a left sympathiser, and quite a few liberals, had hoped that the Left Front and Trinamool Congress would bury their hostilities and ally in West Bengal to defeat the BJP before the elections. They wouldn’t have known that their wish, albeit in a symbolic and belated manner, would come true in Tamil Nadu.
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A total of 22,19,452 people have been vaccinated in Chennai till date, with 16,886 people inoculated on Monday alone, according to the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC).
The Tamil Nadu government will take a call on reopening schools in the state after assessing the situation following the relaxation of some curbs, School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi reaffirmed on Monday.
The Class XI admission in government and government-aided schools began in the state on Monday. The minister visited a school in Chennai to review the process. While addressing the reporters, he said apart the admission process is not taking place currently in 11 districts – Coimbatore, Nilgiris, Tiruppur, Erode, Salem, Karur, Namakkal, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam and Mayiladuthrurai which have a high caseload of Covid-19.
“The School Education Department only has Kalvi TV now as the medium to reach a large number of students for classes. Connectivity issues prevail at many places but as far as possible, teachers are trying to reach out to students through WhatsApp. Even for those who don’t possess a smartphone, we made necessary arrangements like involving them in initiatives like group studies. We can take a call on reopening the schools only after witnessing how these lockdown relaxations play out. We cannot put all the students in one class, we need to maintain social distancing. Several people from other schools want to enroll their wards in government schools, we need to create a space for that as well,” he said.
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With the focus moving to delivering vaccines in difficult to reach areas, the Centre and state governments are taking the drone route to get to such terrains. On one hand, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has sought bids from drone operators to supply medicines and vaccines; on the other, the Telangana government has launched a project to check delivery feasibility of medical supplies. Companies with logistics experience including Flipkart and Dunzo have announced their consortia under Telangana’s drone delivery scheme to develop and execute drone deliveries there.
In a statement announcing its participation in the Telangana government’s ‘Medicines from Sky Project’, Flipkart said: “As part of the consortium, Flipkart will utilise learnings from its tech-enabled supply chain to deploy drones and enable deliveries of vaccines and medical supplies”.
“A combination of these technologies will then be used to conduct BVLOS deliveries in remote areas of the state where the road infrastructure is not conducive for fast delivery of vaccines. The pilot, which is expected to be conducted for over six days, will be tested out for delivering thousands of vaccines while keeping in mind all the safety and efficiency parameters,” it added.
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The Madras High Court has granted relief to a “miscreant” officer of a temple, who had caused loss to that shrine, with a “heavy heart”.
Justice S Vaidyanathan granted the relief in view of a provision in the rules and castigated the higher authorities, who acted hand in glove with that official.
R Muthusamy, the executive officer grade-I, applied for retirement under the voluntary retirement scheme on August 3, 2020 and as as per rules it should have been accepted or rejected within three months, that is before November 4.
But the plea was rejected only on November 5, 2020.
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AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday alleged that the number of deaths due to COVID-19 in the country is more than what the NDA government acknowledges. He claimed that the government was hiding the truth.
"Modi government says so many deaths have not taken place due to COVID....they have lost connection with the sufferings of ordinary people of the country and the deaths. They are totally aloof," he told reporters in Hyderabad.
He cited media reports which talked about the high number of deaths in the country during the second wave of COVID-19. He also referred to claims that more death certificates were being issued during the second wave compared to the first.
The AIMIM president alleged that the government has not done proper preparation for the second wave and that it delayed orders for vaccination. These failures have led to a large number of deaths, he claimed. BJP is not ready to accept the reality to hide its failures, he alleged. (PTI)
Former Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister and AIADMK’s coordinator O Pannerselvam has been elected as the deputy leader of the legislature party. Former minister SP Velumani will be the party whip.
The decisions were taken at a meeting that was attended by the newly elected party legislators and convened by the party high command at the headquarters in Chennai.
Arakkonam MLA S Ravi has been appointed the deputy whip while former ministers Kadambur C Raju and KP Anbalagan have been provided the posts of the treasurer and the secretary. Alangulam MLA PH Manoj Pandian will be the deputy secretary.
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The three infected lions at the Arignar Anna Zoological Park (AAZP), popularly known as the Vandalur Zoo here, are responding “very slowly” to treatment and all efforts are being taken to help them recuperate, a senior official at the zoo said on Monday.
Of the 14 lions in the Zoo, 3 lions are responding to treatment very slowly. “However, all efforts are being made by the team of zoo veterinarians in coordination with experts of Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS) to ensure that they recover,” the park’s deputy director said. The officials briefed the Tamil Nadu forests minister K Ramachandran about the present health status of the lions in detail when he visited the AAZP on Monday and reviewed the measures being taken by zoo authorities to prevent the spread of Coronavirus and also the health status of the lions infected with SARS CoV2. The minister visited the lion safari area where 7 lions were infected by SARS CoV2 virus recently, and discussed their health status with the veterinary doctors treating the animals.
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Police on Monday arrested six people, including a 34-year-old MTech graduate, for allegedly selling cars which were taken on rental basis. There are two BTech graduates and a master's degree holder in social work (MSW) among the arrested.
According to Cyberabad commissioner VC Sajjanar, the main accused, Palle Naresh Kumar, used to take cars on rent by giving false promises to car owners and travel agencies and later sell or mortgage the vehicles.
Naresh, with the help of the others, got hold of 272 cars. However, owners of 205 cars took back their vehicles after he failed to pay the promised rent monthly.
The Ramachandrapuram police recovered 50 cars. (PTI)
The Madras High Court on Monday directed the state government to consider the plea of transgenders, who had applied for the cash relief of Rs 4,000, before May 31.
When a PIL petition from Grace Banu of Thoothukudi came up for further hearing Monday before the first bench of the court, Advocate-General R Shanmugasundaram said the matter will be considered.
"The State should consider whether all applicants who have applied to the Transgender Board in the State by May 31, 2021 (and not beyond) may be considered as transgenders for the purpose of obtaining the benefit announced by the State and extended already to some of the recognised transgenders," the first bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy said. (PTI)
The Madras High Court on Monday directed the Directorate of Industrial Safety (DIS) to make available on June 21, its report on adherence of Covid-19 protocols, more specifically on maintenance of distance between the workers, by the car making companies, including Renault-Nissan at Oragadam near Chennai city.
“The report sought from the government through the DIS should be available when the matter appears next. Copies of such a report should be made available to advocates representing the workmen and the management, well before the matter is taken up,” the first bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy said.
The bench gave the direction when the PIL petition from Renault workmen union came up for further hearing Monday.
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Over 5,000 metric tonnes of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) has been delivered to Tamil Nadu through Oxygen Express trains since last month, the Southern Railway said on Monday. Tamil Nadu received the first oxygen supply through an express train on May 14 in Chennai from Durgapur in West Bengal.
"As on date, Southern Railway has delivered a total of 5,052.98 metric tonnes of liquid medical oxygen for Tamil Nadu through oxygen express trains," a press release said. The latest oxygen express train from Maharashtra reached the state on Sunday evening, the release said.
Southern Railway said the inland container depot in Tondiarpet handled the maximum number of such express trains with 30 trains delivering 2,169.96 metric tonnes of liquid medical oxygen, while the remaining was shared by Tondiarpet Goods Yard, Tiruchirappalli Goods Yard, Tiruvallur and Vadipatti (Madurai), Madukkarai (near Coimbatore).
As for further oxygen express trains, Southern Railway said one train from Chhattisgarh and another from Odisha were on transit. (PTI)
A total of 102 flights will be operated between Chennai and major cities today, with 53 arrivals and 49 departures scheduled at the Chennai International Airport.
Popular YouTuber Madan O P failed to appear before the cyber crime police in Chennai on Monday, after he was summoned based on allegations of abuse. At least two people have filed complaints against Madan with the Pulianthope Cyber Crime, alleging he uses obscene language online when people disagree with him, is often heard abusing women, and behaves inappropriately with minor girls.
Chennai City Police Commissioner Shankar Jiwal had said on Sunday that an investigation was underway, and action would be taken against Madan if he was found to have used objectionable content.
The police has sent letters to YouTube and Instagram to block Madan’s channels, and is probing whether more people were associated with his accounts.
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Telangana Director of Public Health G Srinivasa Rao said the virus spread is declining. The positivity rate which was 6.74 per cent at the beginning of lockdown (last month) has now come down to 1.36 per cent. The other parameters, including number of recoveries
and bed occupancy ratio, have shown improvement in the situation, he said.
He said cases of mucormycosis have also considerably declined. The government is prepared to deal with the situation if a third wave of virus occurs, he said adding that a complaint has been lodged with police against a person who allegedly spread false information about the so-called third wave.
Observing that people are already under psychological stress due to the virus, Rao advised against spreading false information on social media about the virus. (PTI)
Telangana on Monday reported 1,511 new COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths, pushing the tally so far to 6,04,880 and 3,496 respectively.
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for the most number of cases with 173 followed by Khammam (139) and Nalgonda (113) districts, a bulletin said.
The number of recovered people outnumbered the fresh cases with 2,175 people recuperating from the infectious disease, taking the cumulative number of recoveries to 5,80,923. The number of active cases was 20,461, the bulletin said.
It said 1,10,681 samples were tested Monday and the total number of samples tested till date was 1,68,34,591. The samples tested per 10 lakh population was 4,52,299. The case fatality rate in the State was 0.57 per cent while the recovery rate in Telangana was 96.03 per cent. (PTI)
Tamil Nadu recorded 12,772 positive cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the state tally to 23,66,493. Among these, Chennai reported 828 positive cases, bringing the city’s total to 5,25,826. The state recorded 254 deaths on Monday, putting the state toll at 29,801. 197 of them had succumbed due to comorbidities. A total of 25,561 patients were discharged following treatment, taking the total number of recoveries to 21,99,808.
As of Monday, the number of active COVID-19 cases in Tamil Nadu is 1,36,884. Till date, 13,85,630 males, 9,80,825 females and 38 transgenders have tested positive for the virus in the state.
According to a bulletin released by the Health and Family Welfare Department of Tamil Nadu, 3,01,38,294 samples from the state have been tested till date, with 1,70,256 samples having been sent yesterday. There are 272 COVID-19 testing facilities in the state, out of which 69 are government and 203 are private facilities.
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Tamil Nadu recorded 12,772 positive cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the state tally to 23,66,493. Among these, Chennai reported 828 positive cases, bringing the city’s total to 5,25,826. The state recorded 254 deaths on Monday, putting the state toll at 29,801.197 of them had succumbed due to comorbidities. A total of 25,561 patients were discharged following treatment, taking the total number of recoveries to 21,99,808.
Tamil Nadu has reopened Tasmac outlets, the state government-owned liquor shops, after a gap of more than a month as part of several relaxations of Covid-19 restrictions and the move has created a political storm with opposition parties accusing the government of double standard.
Tasmac shops have been allowed to operate in 27 districts from 10 am to 5 pm. In 11 districts, including Coimbatore, Salem, Thanjavur, Erode, Tiruppur, with high Covid-19 caseloads, they will remain closed.
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After staying unchanged for a day, prices of petrol and diesel were hiked again on Monday, June 14, 2021, touching fresh record highs across the country. In the national capital, the petrol price rose by 29 paise while that of diesel too inched up 30 paise.
In Chennai, petrol is priced at Rs. 97.69 per litre and diesel at Rs. 91.92 per litre.
In Hyderabad, petrol costs Rs. 100.20 per litre while diesel costs Rs. 95.14 per litre.
Former Telangana health minister Eatala Rajender joined the BJP on Monday in the presence of Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
Rajender has already tendered his resignation as the Huzurabad MLA and has also relinquished his membership of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS).
Welcoming him into the party, Pradhan said the BJP would form the government in Telangana after the next assembly elections. (PTI)
A total of 22,02,566 people have been vaccinated in Chennai till date, with 16,844 people inoculated on Sunday alone, according to the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC).
Based on sexual harassment complaints from many former students of a prominent Chennai school, the Mamallapuram All Women Police have registered three cases against self-styled godman Siv Shankar Baba and transferred the probe to Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID).
After several students came up with their testimonials against Baba, the founder of the school, the Tamil Nadu Commission for Protection of Child Rights (TNCPCR) summoned him and his associates like the school principal, headmaster, and three other teachers for a preliminary hearing. But Baba did not appear and the commission had to inspect the school.
“We came to the school to conduct the inquiry. We were informed that the school principal contracted Covid-19 and hence won’t be able to appear before the commission, we were provided with the medical certificate. The school correspondent, legal advisor Nagarjan were present. On behalf of Baba, a person named Janaki appeared. We were informed that Baba suffered a heart attack and is currently under treatment in Dehradun,” Saraswathi Rangasamy, the chairperson of the commission, had said.
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The Tamil Nadu government on Sunday decided to partially relax some of the curbs imposed because of the Covid-19 pandemic even as it extended other restrictions by another week.
In Chennai, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin announced more relaxations in 27 districts of the state, including permission for tea shops to reopen from Monday. However, there will be no easing of curbs in 11 districts – seven in western and four in Cauvery delta regions.
Restaurants and bakeries have already been allowed to function. Salons, parks and state-run liquor outlets in 27 districts in the state would also reopen. Places of worship and tourist locations will continue to remain closed and there would be no public or private bus services.
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Women trained in 'Agama Sastra’ – the manual for worship and rituals at temples – can be appointed as temple priests, Tamil Nadu minister in charge of Hindu temples’ administration Sekar Babu said on Sunday, a day after his remarks on opening temple doors to women priests triggered debates in the state.
The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Minister told The Indian Express that there was no prior discussions on this at the government level but they would consider it and make all arrangements if women trained in Agama Sastra want to take up the role of temple priests.
“When media persons asked me [on Saturday] whether women will be allowed to take up the role of temple priests, I said those who are trained in Agama Sastra will be allowed. If there are requests or grievances from women who would love to take up the role of temple priests, we will definitely consider them. The criteria would be their expertise in Agama tradition. If there are such requests, they may be given necessary training and interviewed before we absorb them,” Babu told The Indian Express.
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to cancel the Centre’s invitation for bid to extract hydrocarbon in Tamil Nadu’s Cauvery basin and strongly opposed such initiatives in the state.
The Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has invited bids for development of oil and gas fields at Vadatheru in Pudukkottai district of Tamil Nadu, he said in a letter to Modi.
This area falls under the Cauvery basin, a Protected Agricultural pZone (PAZ) and the bedrock of Tamil Nadu’s food security and agro-based economy from time immemorial and this ecologically fragile zone supports the livelihood of millions of farmers and farm workers, he said.
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Social media commentator Kishore K Swamy was in Chennai Monday morning for circulating defamatory content against former Chief Ministers Annadurai and Karunanidhi and current state Chief Minister M K Stalin.
He was arrested after a complaint was lodged against him on June 10.
Swamy has been remanded in judicial custody till June 28.
When the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country, all that Karamchati Sriharsha could see on his Twitter feed was frantic calls of help from patients and their families who were running from pillar-to-post in search of oxygen, hospital beds or aid.
It is then that the Hyderabad-based techie conceptualised setting up a Covid war room to help those in need.
Over the last six weeks, Sriharsha and a group of his friends have attended over 1,400 distress calls and raised over Rs 50 lakh to help those in need. The success of the Covid war room, which has around 500 volunteers working in 12 different time zones, lies in transparency and effective communication which attracted passionate donors all across the world.
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A total of 96 flights will be operated between Chennai and major cities today, with 48 arrivals and 48 departures scheduled at the Chennai International Airport.
Slamming the DMK government for its decision to reopen state-run liquor outlets from June 14 in 27 districts, the state unit of the BJP on Sunday staged protest in Chennai and in other parts of Tamil Nadu.
BJP Tamil Nadu unit president L Murugan, who led a protest in front of the party state headquarters “Kamalalayam” in Chennai said DMK president M K Stalin had last year strongly opposed reopening of liquor shops in Tamil Nadu during the first COVID-19 wave.
Stalin, who is now Chief Minister, had even held a protest against the AIADMK government and was then completely against the move to reopen liquor stores, Murugan said. However, after assuming power following a win in the April 6 Assembly polls, the stand has been reversed, he added.
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Telangana Director General of Police M Mahendar Reddy, along with other senior police officials, called on Chief Justice of India NV Ramana at Raj Bhavan in Hyderabad on Sunday.
Police Commissioners of Hyderabad, Cyberabad and Rachkonda - Anjani Kumar, VC Sajjanar and Mahesh Bhagwat - are among the officials, who met the CJI, according to an official release.
The officials interacted with the Chief Justice Ramana on coordination between different stakeholders in the criminal justice system, the release said.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and representatives of the Bar Council of Telangana and several other dignitaries on Saturday called on the CJI, who is camping at the Raj Bhavan during a visit to the city. The CJI reached Hyderabad on Friday and was accorded a grand reception. (PTI)
Telangana on Sunday recorded 1,280 new COVID-19 cases and 15 deaths, pushing the tally so far to over six lakh and 3,484 respectively.
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for the highest number of cases with 165 followed by Khammam (156) and Nalgonda (80) districts, a bulletin said.
The number of active cases was 21,137. The total number of cases in the State stood at 6,03,369 while with 2,261 people being cured, the total recoveries were 5,78,748.
Over 91,000 samples were tested Sunday. Cumulatively, over 1.58 crore samples have been tested. The samples tested per 10 lakh population were over 4.26 lakh, the bulletin said.
The case fatality rate in the State was 0.57 per cent while the recovery rate in Telangana was 95.91 per cent. A separate release said as on June 12, over 63 lakh people received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and over 15 lakh got their second jab. (PTI)
Tamil Nadu recorded 14,016 positive cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the state tally to 23,53,721. Among these, Chennai reported 935 positive cases, bringing the city’s total to 5,25,009. The state recorded 267 deaths on Sunday, putting the state toll at 29,547. 198 of them had succumbed due to comorbidities. A total of 25,895 patients were discharged following treatment, taking the total number of recoveries to 21,74,247.
As of Sunday, the number of active COVID-19 cases in Tamil Nadu is 1,49,927. Till date, 13,78,385 males, 9,75,298 females and 38 transgenders have tested positive for the virus in the state.
According to a bulletin released by the Health and Family Welfare Department of Tamil Nadu, 2,99,68,038 samples from the state have been tested till date, with 1,77,295 samples having been sent yesterday. There are 272 COVID-19 testing facilities in the state, out of which 69 are government and 203 are private facilities.
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