Tamil Nadu Coronavirus June 20 Highlights: Royapuram in Chennai continues to have the highest number of cases in Chennai, with the zone’s tally at 5981 as of Saturday. (PTI)
Tamil Nadu Coronavirus June 20 Highlights: K P Anbazhagan, the state Minister for Higher Education tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday. On Thursday, the minister had gone to a hospital for check-up. After denying that he had tested positive, the minister confirmed the same on Friday.
The minister is one of the six ministers in Chennai who have been tasked with overseeing COVID-19 relief work across the 15 zones in Chennai. Anbazhagan is in charge of Adyar (Zone 13), Perungudi (Zone 14) and Sholinganallur (Zone 15).
Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu reported more than 2,000 Covid-19 cases for the third consecutive day taking the tally to 54,449. The total number of cases on Friday included 40 returnees from other countries and states.
The number of active cases stood at 23,509.
After 1,322 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Chennai, the city’s tally rose to 38,327. The state’s death toll climbed to 666 after it reported 41 deaths on Friday.
The shops will be closed during the lcokdown. Express Photo: Partha Paul
Tamil Nadu on Saturday reported 2,396 COVID-19 cases and 39 deaths taking the tally to 56,845, while the toll stood at 704. The total cases today include 64 returnees from other countries and states. Those dead include 33 with comorbidities and five without comorbidities. The active cases are 24,822 and 1,045 got discharged today. So far 31,316 persons have got discharged in the state.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palanisami Saturday urged the people of the state to follow the lockdown strictly to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. Addressing the media, the chief minister urged the public to cooperate with the government as much as possible and urged people to wear masks and maintain social distancing in public places.
“The government is putting its best effort to curb the spread of the virus. Several teams, comprising IAS and IPS officials and doctors, have been constituted to monitor Covid-19 control measures in the state. The virus initially spread in Tamil Nadu by people from other countries and states. Contact tracing was done immediately. Due to the tremendous effort of doctors and healthcare workers, the recovery rate is 54 per cent in the state,” he said.
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The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) may allow Class 12 students to graduate early under a special marking scheme, but offer them the option to take the Board exams at a later date to improve their performance.
In other words, CBSE may not hold the Board exams in July and, instead, come up with an alternate method of evaluation. Students who are dissatisfied with their results can opt for the pen-and-paper exam to be conducted by the Board later in the year.
Currently, about 19 states and union territories have finished conducting their Board exams for Class 12 students. These include Bihar, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
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Royapuram in Chennai continues to have the highest number of cases in Chennai, with the zone's tally at 5981 as of Saturday. This is followed by Tondiarpet with 4869 cases, Teynampet with 4652 cases and Kodambakkam with 4149 cases.
A Tamil Nadu government order amending the English spelling of 1,018 cities and places or giving them a totally new official name has been withdrawn on Thursday following criticism from many language experts, historians and many Tamil people on social media for failing to keep a standard in the transliteration and new spellings.
Talking to The Indian Express, V Jayadevan, Tamil professor in the University of Madras, who was part of the expert panel that amended names of places, said the order was cancelled due to criticism. “We will revise and submit a new list again. Out of over 1000 names, only few changes are being contested, such as Vellore, which was changed to Veeloor, but there was criticism about the inconsistency in the spelling we suggested for this. We hope to revise and submit the new list within a month,” said Jayadevan.
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Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram and Chengalpet districts went under a strict 12-day lockdown from Friday. The lockdown, which will end on June 30, was imposed in a bid to curb the rise in Covid-19 cases in the four districts.
In Chennai, 288 check points were set up by the Greater Chennai Police to carry out vehicle checks. Only those with a valid pass or ID card will be allowed to travel around the city during the lockdown.
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