Spike in COVID-19 cases keeps Corporation on its toes
The Hindu
Commissioner holds meeting with senior officials, issues a slew of instructions to officials
With the Omicron variant of Sars-COV-2 driving the daily tally of new COVID-19 cases in Chennai to a six-month high, the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has strengthened its surveillance and intensified containment measures.
The city reported 294 cases on Wednesday, compared to just 136 cases reported a week ago. The last time the city reported case higher than this was in the last week of June when the second wave of COVID-19 was subsiding.
The city had a containment zone after a long time with a street in Ashok Nagar reporting more than 10 cases. The officials said that was the only street with more than 10 cases at the moment.
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