381 fresh positive cases, two fatalities recorded in Central districts
The Hindu
Fatalities have been in Mayiladuthurai and Nagapattinam
The central region reported 381 fresh cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, and accounted for two deaths, one each in Mayiladuthurai and Nagapattinam districts.
The number of fresh infections was highest in Thanjavur where 109 new cases were recorded.
Tiruchi recorded 64 fresh cases, followed by 52 in Karur, 46 in Nagapattinam, 42 in Pudukkottai, 33 in Ariyalur, 22 in Mayiladuthurai, 13 in Perambalur.
Around 440 MBBS graduates of 2021 are not required to undergo one year of compulsory rural service as per the bond signed by them while joining the medical course through government-quota seats in 2015 as the High Court of Karnataka has said the law, enacted in 2012 for mandatory rural service, remained unenforced for 10 years as it was published in the official gazette only in July 2022.