Chennai Among 30 Indian Cities Under New Red Zone List; Area Wise Breakup of Cases In The City As On May 17!

As India crosses 90,000-mark in coronavirus cases, the Centre has identified 30 municipal areas which need to be given more attention as few concerned areas are contributing to 79 per cent of India’s coronavirus diseases.

As Tamil Nadu is still under lockdown, there are many areas which continue to report rise in number of COVID-19 cases and death. As per yesterday's stats, a total of 477 people tested positive in the state while Chennai reported 332 cases.

The Greater Chennai Corporation took to social media and shared positive cases of area-wise breakup. Check out the list below

Kodambakkam - 973

Thiru-Vika-Nagar - 750

Royapuram - 1112

Teynampet - 669

Anna Nagar - 514

Valasaravakkam - 494

Tondiarpet - 526

Ambattur - 304

Adyar - 334

Thiruvottiyur - 137

Madhavaram - 105

Perungudi - 80

Alandur - 77

Sholinganallur - 82

Manali - 84

Totally 6,271  cases have been reported in Chennai and a total number of discharged patients stands at 3,538. 

The areas with respect to the recovered numbers are as follows:

Thiruvottiyur- 20

Manali- 5

Madhavaram- 18

Tondiarpet— 105

Royapuram - 240

Thiru-Vika-Nagar- 205

Ambattur- 66

Anna Nagar- 111

Teynampet— 116

Kodambakkam- 164

Valasaravakkam- 83

Adyar- 45

Alandur-11

Perungudi- 12

Sholinganallur- 12