Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edpadi K Palaniswamy launched the free mask distribution scheme on 27 July 2020. Under the Mukhyamantri Mukt Mask Scheme, the state government will benefit more than 69 lakh families in the first phase. The scheme will provide masks to ration card holders absolutely free as part of measures to fight the outbreak of COVID-19 epidemic. The Chief Minister distributed masks for the inauguration of the first phase of the scheme to 5 people at the Secretariat.
Masks will be given to beneficiaries through ration shops in Tamil Nadu’s Mukhyamantri Mukt Mask Scheme 2020. About 4.44 crore reusable masks were purchased at a cost of Rs. 30.07 crore will be disbursed to 69.09 lakh families in panchayats, municipalities and corporations, excluding Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC).
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister free mask scheme 2020
State government. Tamil Nadu has launched Chief Minister Free Mask Scheme Phase 1 on 27 July 2020. Its main purpose is to ensure that every person in the state has masks to prevent the outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic. Since masks are important to prevent the spread of this infectious disease, it is necessary to launch such a free mask delivery scheme. There are about 2.08 crore ration cards in the state which cover about 6.74 crore persons.
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The official release states that the initial phase envisages distribution of 4.44 crore reusable masks at a cost of Rs 30.07 crore to 69.07 lakh families in Nagar Panchayats, Municipalities and Corporations, an official release said. . According to the GCC, about 4.5 million masks have already been distributed here.
Cases are over 10,000 in 4 regions in Chennai
The Kovid-19 cases in Chennai have crossed 10,000 in four of the city’s 15 areas. As per the data released by the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC), Kodambakkam (Zone 10) with 11,146 cases, followed by 10,910 cases in Anna Nagar (Zone 8), 10898 cases in Royapuram (Zone 5) and Tynamet (Zone 9) ) Huh. ) With 10,432 cases. The zonal-wise break-up of positive cases in Chennai is given below:
- Tiruvottiyur (Region 1) – 3519
- Manali (Zone 2) – 1698
- Madhavaram (Zone 3) – 3040
- Tondiarpet (Zone 4) – 9246
- Royapuram (Zone 5) – 10,898
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- Ambattur (Zone 7) – 5213
- Anna Nagar (Zone 8) – 10,910
- Tynampet (Zone 9) – 10,432
- Kodambakkam (Zone 10) – 11,146
- Valsaravakkam (Zone 11) – 5081
- Alandur (Zone 12) – 2924
- Adyar (Zone 13) – 6658
- Perungudi (Zone 14) – 2654
- Sholinganallur (Zone 15) – 2185
The state of TN recorded 6,993 cases and 79 deaths.
On July 27, Tamil Nadu recorded around 6,993 new Kovid-19 cases and 79 deaths. This has brought the number of COVID-19 cases in the state of TN to 2,20,716 and deaths to 3,571. Coronavirus cases in the state crossed 6000 for the 5th consecutive day. A total of 5,723 patients were discharged from hospitals after treatment, which was 1,62,249. There are 54,896 active cases in the state.
Today 1138 new cases were registered in Chennai and 1821 persons were discharged. So far, 95,857 cases have been registered in the city. A total of 63,250 samples were tested. So far 24,14,713 samples have been taken by the Health Department. Apart from Chennai, Chengalpet (448), Thiruvallur (474), Kanchipuram (362), Thoothukudi (349) and Virudhunagar (338) reported the maximum number of Kovid-19 cases.