ABSTRACT

This review gives an overview on the rise of covid cases in Tamilnadu since its outbreak and the factors underlying the increase in the number of cases. More than 35 articles and official daily media Bulletins put forth by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Department of Government of Tamilnadu dated until May 31, 2020 had been reviewed for the construction of the article. The articles had been searched with the help of search engines like Google scholar, Pubmed, Biorxiv and Chemrxiv. As it is a review article, no approval was required for its publication. As of May 31,2020. 4,91,962 samples were tested with 9,400 active cases, 12,757 recoveries with 173 deaths. Each and every district in the state were classified into hotspot, non hot spot and green zone classification as per the criteria given by the Government. As of May 16,the only Green zone area was Krishnagiri. The article has provided a compiled data of the number of active cases, overall positive cases, testing facilities, testing rate, mortality and recovery rates till May 2020. This review also addresses on the various factors associated with the rise in the covid cases in Tamilnadu Keywords: Mortality Rate, Recovery Rate, Transmission Rate
Publication date: 01/08/2021

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2021/10.8.1014