Tamil Nadu: Health minister oversees Covid-19 preparedness mock drill at Rajiv Gandhi Hospital

While addressing the reporters, Subramanian said Tamil Nadu recorded 369 cases in the past 24 hours. He said the infected persons were duly following the instructions provided by the doctors including taking medicine, isolating themselves at home, etc.

“The third wave of Covid-19 is not as severe as the previous one and hence there is no requirement for ICU and oxygen. The spread of another variant of Omicron is witnessed across the country. Based on the directions of the Union Government and Chief Minister MK Stalin, the mock drill is set to take place for two days,” the minister said.

He said that the stock of oxygen beds, number of medical personnel, face masks, medicines, and all other requirements will be noted and appropriate measures will be initiated.

According to the minister, a total of 64,281 beds including 33,664 oxygen beds are available currently for Covid-19 treatment in the state. Subramanian also listed the number of oxygen-generating plants, and RT-PCR centres, among others.

The minister said the state has the capability to conduct close to three lakh tests per day.

As per the latest bulletin issued by the health department Sunday, there are a total of 1,900 active Covid-19 cases in Tamil Nadu.

Meanwhile, the health department conducted 53,285 fever camps across the state to prevent the spread of the influenza virus and noted that 11,159 patients reportedly identified to be affected by the virus have recovered following treatment.