thanjavur the covid19 curve has started to flatten in the state and it is high time the general public shook off the stigma of the disease and approached government hospitals if they had symptoms health minister c vijaya baskar has said he was speaking to reporters after inaugurating various facilities at the government raja mirasdar hospital in thanjavur on saturday early deionization was the strategy that brought down the death rate in tamil nadu he said so far a total of 308 lakh people have been tested in the state the highest in the country about 70 of patients have so far been discharged after treatment the minister said he said that treating infected pregnant women was a challenging task around 3700 covid19 pregnant women have been treated across the state and 184 in thanjavur district this was possible because of our committed doctors and dedicated staff nurses who are battling against the virus from the front a 16day infant which tested positive was also successfully treated for covid19 the minister stated he said that about 4000 beds were available in thanjavur to handle any situation and this could be increased to 10000 government has provided all the required facilities to treat people if they are infected but they should come forward to utilize them avoid selfmedication if they approach government hospitals early the probability of saving lives will also be high the minister further stated agriculture minister r doraikannu rajya sabha mp r vaithilingam and district collector m govinda rao were also present