TN reports 43 new virus cases, aggregate number breaches 1,500 mark

As many as 43 people tested positive for coronavirus in Tamil Nadu on Monday, taking the total number of cases to 1,520 in the state, Health Minister C Vijayabaskar said.

While there were 43 new cases, a doctor died on Sunday and another died today taking the aggregate number of deaths in the state to 17, he told reporters here.

The Minister hit out at the principal opposition DMK for targeting the government over the purchase of rapid test kits and asked the Leader of the Opposition not to indulge in politics in the fight against COVID-19 and condemned what he called "cheap politics."
Though they have been discharged, they will be in home quarantine for 16 more days, he said, adding that of the 1043 active cases, six people alone needed "oxygen support."
"As many as 6,109 samples (confirmatory RT-PCR test) were tested today, of which 43 tested positive. Totally the figure stands at 46,985."
In Chattisgarh the kits have not yet been supplied. It is said it will take 10 more days for them to get it."