Covid-19 crosses two more milestones in Tamil Nadu – Times of India

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CHENNAI: The Covid-19 tally in Tamil Nadu crossed the three lakh-mark on Monday to reach 3,02,815, with 5,914 fresh cases. The state reported 114 deaths, and the cumulative death toll crossed the 5,000-mark to reach 5,041.
There were 53,099 people still under treatment for the viral infection.
The eleven districts in the north together reported 3,240 cases and 44 deaths.
Chennai, the epidemic hotspot in the state, reported 976 cases and 25 deaths. Its three neighbours — Chengalpet (483), Tiruvallur (399), Kancheepuram (310) — together clocked 1,192 cases and 12 deaths.
Other districts in the north to report fresh cases in three digits were Cuddalore (287), Vellore (189), Ranipet (184), Tiruvannamalai (154). While Kallakuruchi reported 85 cases, Tirupattur had 84 and Villupuram reported 89. The northern districts together had 29,039 cases still under treatment.
The southern region reported 43 deaths and 1,511 fresh cases. While Kanyakumari reported the highest number of deaths (seven) in the region, Theni (357) reported the highest number of cases.
While Madurai, Tenkasi, Tuticorin and Virudhunagar reported 10 deaths each, Kanyakumari (205), Tuticorin (196), Virudhunagar(189) Dindugal (173), Tenkasi (114), Madurai (100) reported a three digit increase.
With 35 cases, Ramanathapuram recorded the lowest increase.
The western districts together reported 617 cases, compared to 532 in the central region. But the central region on Monday reported 15 deaths compared to 12 in the west. Coimbatore reported seven deaths, followed by four each in Salem (west), and Pudukkottai and Thanjavur.
Coimbatore reported 292 cases, followed by Salem (128), Pudukkottai (133) and Thanjavur (123).
With seven cases the Nilgiris had the lowest number of fresh cases.

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