Three core Chennai zones hot spots for symptoms

TNN | Apr 13, 2020, 06.34 AM IST

Three zones in the heart of Chennai have reported 48% of the city’s cases with Covid-19-like symptoms, the door-todoor screening by Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has revealed. These are Anna Nagar (zone 8), Teynampet (zone 9) and Kodambakkam (zone 10).

Data shows that Anna Nagar has registered 547 cases, Teynampet 493 cases, and Kodambakkam 405 cases. GCC doctors have cured 459, 375 and 274 cases by following up, the data shows.

The three zones also have 31% of all Covid-19 positive cases in the city. Royapuram (zone 5) in North Chennai continues to top the city’s charts as far as positive cases are concerned. The number of fever and other symptom cases in the zone was 328 as of Saturday.

Senior GCC officials said 100 cases of fever coming up while surveying one lakh households was quite normal. “If there is anything amiss, we shall alert our medical team immediately and take action,” an official said.

As on Saturday, GCC has cumulatively verified 1.05 crore households in the city. “We have achieved 93% penetration in the city now,” GCC commissioner G Prakash said. As many as 3,036 people with all types of symptoms have been picked up and will be under the radar while 2,261 have been ruled out and 775 are under follow up, he said.

Meanwhile, collecting samples of people in containment zones began in Teynampet zone on Sunday. The city has 23 walk-in Thiruvottiyur sample ki- 04 osks (Wisk) Tondiarpet and people 17 who may have been Royapuram in contact 63 with Cov- Teynampet id-19 posi- 14 tive patients or stay near- Adyar by will be 06 called for giving samples.

On Sunday, Ra- Shollinganallur jendra Kumar IAS, 02 who is part of the zonal special task team for Chennai, conducted a meeting at Ripon Buildings with Prakash and other officials. Abash Kumar IPS is also part of the zonal special task team. The officials later inaugurated disinfectant spray vehicles, worth 35 lakh, donated by Renault Nissan as part of its CSR activity.

Prakash in the evening reiterated the government’s order banning distribution of cooked food, dry ration or other relief material by any political party, NGO or associations in the civic body’s limits. The material should be directly handed over to the zonal officers in bulk and distribution would be done by GCC machinery in a safe manner, he said. Flying squads have been instructed to ensure this is followed strictly.