CHENNAI: Fresh cases in Tamil Nadu dropped to 1,872 on Thursday compared to 1,891 on Wednesday, although eleven districts in the state reported a marginal increase during the same time period.
Deaths also went up to 29 compared to 27 on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the case tally touched 25.43lakh and the cumulative death toll reached 33,838. At the end of the day, 2,475 patients were discharged from the Covid registry and there were 25,526 people under treatment.
Cases in Thanjavur touched the three-digit mark once again when the district reported 102 cases compared to 90 on Wednesday. There was an increase of eleven new cases each in Pudukottai and Thirupathur in the last 24 hours. These districts reported 31 and 29 cases respectively. Dharmapuri, Nilgiris, Kanyakumari, Thiruvarur, Ariyalur, Villupuram, Nagapattinam and Tuticorin also reported a marginal increase in new cases.
On Thursday, fresh Covid-19 cases in Coimbatore dropped to 180 yet the western district reports the highest number of cases in the state. There were 137 new cases in Erode and 133 in Chennai. Barring six districts, all others in the state reported cases in double digits. Perambalur reported 9 new cases – the lowest- followed by 10 in Tenkasi and 11 in Ramanathapuram. Theni had 12 new cases. Coimbatore had 2,388 patients in the active list followed by 1852 in Erode and 1658 in Chennai. Active cases were below 1000 in 30 districts. Tenkasi had 150 people under treatment – the lowest, followed by 152 in Ramanathapuram.
TPR stays below 2% in Pondy
The test positivity rate (TPR) of Covid-19 infection continued to remain less than 2% in the Union territory of Puducherry.
The positivity rate of the samples (4,631) tested on Thursday stood at 1.5%. The territory reported 68 fresh cases even as 72 patients recovered in the last 24 hours ending at 10am on Thursday bringing down the active cases to 955.
Two women died of the infection taking the death toll to 1,783. So far, 6.54 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccine (including the second dose) have been given to beneficiaries.
