CHENNAI: As many as 86 per cent of Tamil Nadu‘s Covid-19 cases have been found to be asymptomatic, and the lockdown and related curbs have helped keep the pandemic under check, chief minister K Palaniswami said on Sunday.
In a statement detailing the various efforts taken to address the Covid-19 situation since February, he also said that the state’s mortality rate was the lowest when compared to even some foreign countries, besides other Indian states.
Tamil Nadu, he said, also had the best recovery rate.
“While the pandemic has severely affected the state’s economy, various measures have been rolled out to put it back on track, and even some new investments have been attracted as a result,” he added.
Tamil Nadu has so far reported 30,152 positive cases, including 251 deaths and over 16,000 people have been cured of the virus.
“About 5.50 lakh tests have