On July 29, the state reported 6,426 fresh cases and the previous day it had reported 88 deaths. While daily case load steadily declined, the number of deaths went up. On an average, the state reported 5,847 cases and 110 deaths a day in August.
However, active cases came down to 52,726 on Saturday from 57,490 on July 29. Health secretary J Radhakrishnan said the doubling period for the infection that was around 22 days in July has gone up to 46 days. This means it will take 46 days for TN to double the infection from 4 lakh to 8 lakh. “But this can be stopped with aggressive testing and isolation by health agencies. So far, we have done more than 45 lakh tests using RT-PCR. We with achieve better results with ‘herd masking’ and social distancing,” he said, minutes after the state expert medical committee met chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami.
Although TN has the highest number of cases after Maharashtra, the test positive rateis around 8% compared to 21% in Maharashtra and 17% in Andhra Pradesh. The doubling time for deaths has also moved up from 27 days in the last week of July to 45 days.
In the last one week, Chennai, Tiruvallur, Coimbatore, Chengalpet and Cuddalore had the maximum number of cases followed by Salem and Kancheepuram. While Chennai added 9,012 cases, Tiruvallur added 2,264 and Coimbatore 2,909. On Saturday, Chennai reported 1,285 cases and 17 deaths. Chengalpet reported 306 cases, Kancheepuram 241 and Tiruvallur 284. The seven other northern districts reported 1,184 cases and 16 deaths. Cuddalore topped the table with 420 cases, followed by Vellore (178), Villupuram (171) Tiruvannamala i(152) and Ranipet(151). Vellore reported six deaths.
The eight western districts together reported 1,324 cases compared to 1,044 in the south and 672 in the central zone. However, the ten southern districts reported 19 deaths compared to 17 in the West and eight in central districts. Coimbatore reported 491 cases followed by 432 in Salem and 156 in Erode. In the South, there were 154 cases in Tirunelveli and 161 in Kanyakumari, 126 in Virudhunagar and 125 in Theni.
Madurai reported 115 cases and Dindigul clocked 129. Kanyakumari reported six deaths, Coimbatore nine and Madurai four.
Among the central districts, Thanjavur (134) topped the table followed by Pudukottai(124). Tiruvarur and Trichy reported 102 cases each. Nagapattinam had 101 cases. Nilgiris, Dharamapuri and Perambalur reported 17, 18 and 19 fresh cases respectively.
Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/tamil-nadu-logs-6352-cases-highest-in-a-month/articleshow/77829587.cms
