CHENNAI : Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian on Tuesday said that the actual prevalence of the novel coronavirus will emerge in the state during the course of the week.
He stressed on the fact that more people are visiting their hometown during Pongal which has added to the surge in new virus cases last week in Tamil Nadu.
As of 24 January, the Covid-19 caseload in Tamil Nadu went up to 31,64,205 with 30,208 people testing positive while 46 fatalities mounted the death toll to 37,264, a medical bulletin issued by the health department had said.
The health minister also highlighted that the spike in covid-19 cases in TamilNadu is less than the neighbouring states because of the strict Covid curbs imposed by chief minister MK Stalin, including vaccination drives, to contain the spread of the virus. "In view of Pongal festival, people travelled to their villages following which the virus spread (in such areas).