Chennai currently has 15 active zones with more cases in Royapuram ( Zone 5 -3388 cases) followed by Tondiarpet (Zone 4 - 2261 cases), and Teynampet (Zone 9 - 2136).
The state must roll out new testing protocols to deal with new symptoms like respiratory distress, and the disorder of losing the sense of taste or smell.
According to the IMA, it has prescribed the government that the corporate private hospitals can charge Rs 23,000 per day from the patients who are reported with mild/moderate symptoms.
By acknowledging that the Tondiarpet and Royapuram zones have become a huge challenge for the government, he appealed to the people not to get panic due to the rise of positive cases.