CHENNAI: As fresh cases in Tamil Nadu rose to 195 on Wednesday with Chennai adding 95 cases, the public health department warned district health officials and the public of the increasing positivity rate in Chennai and a possible increase in hospitalisation.
Active cases crossed the four-digit mark to 1,021 after nearly 86 days. The last time the state had more than 1000 active cases was on March 14. At least 50 people five per cent of active cases were in the hospital – 18 of them in oxygen beds and seven of them in ICUs. In absolute numbers, this is an increase from 39 admissions (four in ICU) the state had on June 1.
