COVID-19 CHENNAI: AREA-WISE BREAKUP OF CASES, RECOVERIES, AND CONTAINMENT ZONES AS OF MAY 8

Under lockdown, with various containment zones, Chennai’s cases continue to increase in number. While Chennai recorded its highest number of cases in 24 hours, yesterday, there have been several recoveries. 316 new cases from across the city have been recorded as of May 08, 8:00 am.

Area-wise Breakup of Positive cases:

Kodambakkam – 461

Thiru-Vika-Nagar – 448

Royapuram – 422

Teynampet – 316

Anna Nagar – 206

Valasaravakkam – 205

Tondiarpet – 184 

Ambattur – 144

Adyar – 107

Thiruvottiyur – 43  

Madhavaram – 33

Perungudi – 22

Alandur – 16

Sholinganallur – 15 

Manali – 14

Totally 2644 cases have been reported in Chennai and 2255 people are currently hospitalised for treatment. 23 deceased persons are from Royapuram (8), Thiru-Vika-Nagar (4), Anna Nagar (5), Valasaravakkam (1), Kodambakkam (2), Adyar (2) and Tondiarpet (1). 327 people have recovered in the city.

The recovered numbers with respect to their areas are as follows:

Thiruvottiyur- 9

Manali- 1

Madhavaram- 3

Tondiarpet- 43 (2 recovered yesterday)

Royapuram – 101 (3 recovered yesterday)

Thiru-Vika-Nagar- 53 (2 recovered yesterday)

Anna Nagar- 33 (1 recovered yesterday)

Teynampet- 42

Kodambakkam- 35 (2 recovered yesterday)

Valasaravakkam- 9

Adayar- 10

Alandur- 8

Perungudi- 7

Sholinganallur- 3

Ambattur- 1

Overall zone-wise detailed status of COVID-19 cases in #Chennai.#Covid19Chennai #GCC #ChennaiCorporation pic.twitter.com/IHERZKlDOw

— Greater Chennai Corporation (@chennaicorp) May 8, 2020

Chennai has declared many streets as containment zones as of May 07. They are:

Here's the updated list of Containment Zones in #Chennai.#Covid19Chennai#GCC #Chennai#ChennaiCorporation pic.twitter.com/CcexHgJ8Hi

— Greater Chennai Corporation (@chennaicorp) May 7, 2020

Some zones that were previously declared as containment zones, have not reported any cases in the past 28 days and are hence relieved from the list of containment zones. They are:

#Update

No new case reported in these containment zones in the past 28 days. Hence, these places will be declared non containment zones from today.#Covid19Chennai#GCC #Chennai#ChennaiCorporation pic.twitter.com/bddHSPvvWr

— Greater Chennai Corporation (@chennaicorp) May 8, 2020