Corona Alert: These Areas in Chennai see a Sudden SPIKE in COVID-19 Cases after Weeks of Decline! Check the List of Areas Here

After recording fresh cases in three digits, Chennai has been registering more than 1,000 cases everyday over the past three days. According to data released by govt, the five zones that has seen a rise in number of coronavirus cases includes Kodambakkam, Anna Nagar, Ambattur, Valsaravakkam and Adyar.

These zones have been recording more than 100 cases over the past two days. The trend is likely to continue. Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan told the media that areas such as Anna Nagar, Kodambakkam, Ambattur and Adyar will be extensively focused by the Greater Chennai Corporation. 

“Greater Chennai Corporation is testing an average of 12,000 people every day. We are now planning more aggressive but focused testing,” he said. The aim was to ensure that testing is at least 10 times more than average number of positive cases, Radhakrishnan told The Times of India.

“As of now, the positivity rate is 10% and the aim is to bring it down to 5%. This will lead to a drop in active cases as well,” he added.

Chennai’s Test Positivity rate (TPR) which is the number of COVID-19 positive cases reported per every 100 tests was around 8-9% last week. Whereas the number has gone up to 10% over the past two days. The city corporation is now trying to bring this percentage down to 7% by the end of August.
While talking about the high number of cases in areas like Ambattur, Radhakrishnan sad that there has been a spike in corona cases in areas that come under the Tiruvallur district.

"In the southern part of the city, cases spill into Chengalpattu. We are now developing micro plans to extend Chennai strategy of aggressive testing to neighbouring districts,” he said.