CHENNAI: A steady recovery rate has helped Tamil Nadu bring down the number of the active Covid-19 cases below the 17,000-mark.
The number of patients undergoing treatment, which was on the decline for a long time, started to increase from the first week of September and went above 17,000 on September 22.
But it has come down to 16,972 now. This was because even when the infection count rose, the recovery rate never dropped below 98%. On an average, 1,500 to 1,600 got discharged after treatment every day.
On Sunday, the number of daily corona positive cases also dropped to a 32-day low of 1,531.
For the sixth consecutive day, Chennai topped the state's infection chart. As many as 184 people tested positive in the district. However, Chennai's test positivity rate (TPR - 0.8%) is below the state's average figure of 1%.
Coimbatore with a slightly higher TPR of 1.5% reported 158 fresh cases. Thanjavur (97 new cases) and Mayiladuthurai (27) are the only two districts in TN with a TPR of above 2 %.
On the flipside, TN's case-fatality ratio hasn't dropped and continued to hover around 1.3% for the last two months.
Every day, 10 to 30 people have succumbed to the disease. Overall the death toll rose to 35,650 with another 23 passing away from the virus on Sunday. Among them, 21 had comorbidities.
