Publications by authors named "Lakshmidevi Murugesan"
Epidemiology of Coronavirus Disease 2019 during the Second and Third Wave in Chennai, India: An Analysis of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Surveillance System, February 2021-February 2022.
Ganeshkumar Parasuraman Mogan Kaviprawin Manikandanesan Sakthivel M Jagadeesan Alby John Varghese Lakshmidevi Murugesan
Indian J Public Health
January 2024
Introduction: Analysis of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) surveillance system in the first wave indicated that the data-driven approach helped in resource allocation and public health interventions.
Objectives: We described the epidemiology of COVID-19 cases in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, from February 2021 to February 2022.
Materials And Methods: We analyzed the COVID-19 surveillance data from Chennai City, Tamil Nadu, India's Greater Chennai Corporation.
Article Synopsis
- The study examines public health strategies employed in Chennai, India, to manage COVID-19 from March to October 2020, focusing on surveillance, testing, contact tracing, and quarantine efforts.
- Chennai experienced a peak incidence of COVID-19 cases among older adults, with significant fluctuations in case numbers and a total of 3543 deaths reported by October 2020.
- The effective reproduction number (R) decreased from 4.2 in March to below one in July, suggesting that the implemented strategies were effective in reducing the spread of the virus in a densely populated setting.