the tamil nadu government has extended general lockdown till august 31 with total lockdown on sundays stay with us for all the latest updates recoveries among covid19 patients in india crossed the 11 lakhmark on sunday with over 51000 patients recuperating in a 24hour span the highest recorded so far recovery rate 6544 per cent now union health ministry pti ngos distribute food in chennai children play on the deserted ecr in chennai streets in chennai wear a deserted look as the state observes complete lockdown on sunday picture from thirumangalam area the total number of covid19 samples tested up to august 1 is 19821831 including 463172 samples tested yesterday indian council of medical research icmr singleday increase of 54735 covid19 cases pushes indias virus caseload to 1750723 death toll rises to 37364 union health minister active covid19 cases stand at 567730 while 1145629 people have recovered union health ministry tracing 11contacts per ve case corpnin july for every covid19 positive patient the city corporation has traced 11 of hisher contacts of these three have been home contacts and eight extended contacts of the 40487 people testing positive for covid19 from july 1 to 29 the civic body traced 145 lakh home contacts 14 of who tested positive and 335 lakh extended contacts of who 8 tested positive tn people most keen to skip hosp meet docs onlineas hospitals fight covid many people in tamil nadu are now getting their health status checked in less than six minutes at a click of a button with 22502 consultations the state ranks number one in utilising the national free teleconsultation service esanjeevaniopd by the ministry of health and family welfare tamil nadu among the lowest in tests per covid ve casetamil nadu is number one when it comes to covid tests but it ranks one of the lowest when it comes to tests conducted per positive case as of july 29 the state had conducted 33377 tests and had 3080 positive cases per million population but in proportion to one positive case tamil nadu had conducted only 108 tests which was one of the lowest among southern states while kerala tops with a maximum of 3363 tests per positive case experts said 50 is the ideal number of tests per positive case chennaimumbai flights from tomorrowwith lockdown norms relaxed at the national level chennai airport will see resumption of direct flights to mumbai from monday it is expected to boost passenger traffic at the city airport as mumbai is a popular route and benefit those who want to board international flights to the middle east and europe from mumbai there was one flight from chennai on saturday at 245pm but there is no flight on sunday vistara has slotted a flight on weekdays hospitals get showcause notices for failing to report covid deathschennaibased hospitals that failed to inform covid19 deaths have been sent showcause notices asking them why action should not be initiated against them for violations under the clinical establishments