Chennai Hyderabad Live Updates: 24 UK returnees, 20 of their primary contacts have tested positive in TN till date

Tamil Nadu Telangana Coronavirus Assembly Elections 2021 Live Updates: Till date, 4,96,049 males, 3,24,629 females and 34 transgenders have tested positive for the virus in Tamil Nadu.

Tamil Nadu Telangana Assembly Elections COVID-19 Live Updates: Tamil Nadu recorded 864 positive cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the state tally to 8,20,712. Among these, Chennai reported 236 positive cases, bringing the city’s total to 2,26,234. The state recorded 10 deaths on Sunday, putting the state toll at 12,156. All 10 of them had succumbed due to comorbidities. The state discharged 1002 patients following treatment, putting the total number of recoveries at 8,00,429.

A total of 24 passengers who had returned to Tamil Nadu from UK and 20 of their primary contacts have tested positive for COVID-19 till date. A total of 2300 passengers had travelled to Tamil Nadu from UK between November 25 and December 23, of which 2146 have been tested. Among these, 24 have tested positive, 2115 have tested negative and the results of 7 passengers are awaited. Additionally, 3321 close contacts of the 2115 passengers who had tested negative were also tested for COVID-19 and were found to be negative.

Back in the forefront of Tamil Nadu politics just months ahead of the next Assembly elections, MK Alagiri, the elder son of late former chief minister M Karunanidhi, lashed out at MK Stalin, his younger sibling and the CM-face of principal opposition DMK, at a meeting of his supporters on Sunday evening. Claiming he was chucked out of the DMK despite being a selfless worker, Alagiri accused his brother of trying to appropriate his father’s legacy by projecting himself as his successor.

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A total of 24 passengers who had returned to Tamil Nadu from UK and 20 of their primary contacts have tested positive for COVID-19 till date.

Among the 24 primary cases, nine cases were reported in Chennai, three each in Thanjavur, Madurai, Nilgiris and Chengalpattu and one each in Theni, Nagapattinam and Coimbatore. Among the 20 contact cases, six were reported in Chennai, three in Thanjavur, two each in Nilgiris and Theni, four in Chengalpattu and three in Nagapattinam.

A total of 2300 passengers had travelled to Tamil Nadu from UK between November 25 and December 23, of which 2146 have been tested. Among these, 24 have tested positive, 2115 have tested negative and the results of 7 passengers are awaited. Additionally, 3321 close contacts of the 2115 passengers who had tested negative were also tested for COVID-19 and were found to be negative.

All the UK returnees and their contacts have been kept in isolation wards, according to the Tamil Nadu Health Department.

Tamil Nadu recorded 864 positive cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the state tally to 8,20,712. Among these, Chennai reported 236 positive cases, bringing the city’s total to 2,26,234.

The state recorded 10 deaths on Sunday, putting the state toll at 12,156. All 10 of them had succumbed due to comorbidities. The state discharged 1002 patients following treatment, putting the total number of recoveries at 8,00,429.

As of Sunday, the number of active COVID-19 cases in Tamil Nadu is 8127. Till date, 4,96,049 males, 3,24,629 females and 34 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, 1,43,82,123 samples from the state have been sent for testing till date, with 61,077 samples having been sent yesterday. There are 240 COVID-19 testing facilities in the state, out of which 67 are government and 173 are private facilities.

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MK Alagiri

Back in the forefront of Tamil Nadu politics just months ahead of the next Assembly elections, MK Alagiri, the elder son of late former chief minister M Karunanidhi, lashed out at MK Stalin, his younger sibling and the CM-face of principal opposition DMK, at a meeting of his supporters on Sunday evening. Addressing the gathering at an auditorium in Madurai, Alagiri stopped short of announcing a new party, as was speculated earlier, even as his followers held up posters welcoming him to the launch of ‘Kalaignar DMK’ (KDMK).

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A 36-year-old man in Hyderabad allegedly ended his life Saturday, unable to bear the harassment and humiliation over nonpayment of instant loans availed through online apps. G Chandra Mohan, who worked as a supervisor at a supermarket, is the fifth victim from Telangana in the instant loans app case in less than a month. He was found dead at his residence in Gundlapochampally. Based on a complaint from the family, the Petbasheerabad police have registered a case under section 306 (abetment of suicide), 420 (Cheating), 384 (extortion) of IPC apart from section 67 of IT Act.

READ | Instant loan apps case: Man dies by suicide, fifth victim in Telangana

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