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Health | Badly hit to very good: How Tamil Nadu rode the Covid-19 crisis -Arun Janardhanan

Badly hit to very good: How Tamil Nadu rode the Covid-19 crisis -Arun Janardhanan

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published Published on May 2, 2020   modified Modified on May 2, 2020

-The Indian Express

With a similar population as Gujarat, it has nearly half its cases and one-eighth its deaths. Just five-six districts are now reporting cases, while Coimbatore, which once had the most patients, has had no fresh cases for about a week.

Chennai: One of the worst-hit states around mid-April, with the largest numbers after Maharashtra and with 37 of its 38 districts reporting coronavirus, Tamil Nadu has since turned a corner. With a similar population as Gujarat, it has nearly half its cases and one-eighth its deaths. Just five-six districts are now reporting cases, while Coimbatore, which once had the most patients, has had no fresh cases for about a week.

What has helped the state keep the numbers relatively low (2,526 cases, 28 deaths, as of Friday evening), after a sudden surge, is its health network. Starting from welfare policies in the 1950s, and despite bitter transfers of power between parties, the state has in place a system of quality and affordable healthcare.

Of its 203 cases reported on Friday, 176 were from Chennai alone. The city also accounts for 16 of its total 28 deaths. On Thursday, a 27-year-old pregnant woman died in Chennai.

The inter-ministerial team sent by the Centre that visited Tamil Nadu observed on Thursday that its recovery rate was “very good”, with 54% of patients. Its case fatality rate, of 1.2%, is also less than half the country’s (around 3%).

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The Indian Express, 2 May, 2020, https://indianexpress.com/article/india/badly-hit-to-very-good-how-tamil-nadu-rode-the-covid-crisis-6389622/


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