Chennai has 34% of active Covid cases in Tamil Nadu – Times of India

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CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu added eight deaths and 512 fresh Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, which pushed the death toll to 12,333 and cumulative case tally to 8,36,315. There were 4,676 people still under treatment for the viral infection.
With fewer patients in hospitals, increase in doubling time of cases and deaths, and decrease in positivity rate, public health officials in the state are now confident that they are nearing the end of the year-long epidemic. “It’s still important to wear masks and follow social distancing norms. Even those vaccinated have been advised to follow pandemic protocol,” he added. Fever surveillance, aggressive testing using RT-PCR kits and early treatment will continue to be focus, he said.
Since February 2020, the state has tested more than 1.54 crore people. On Wednesday, the incidence per million was hovering over 10,100. The recovery rate went up to 98% after the state discharged 564 people in the past 24 hours until Wednesday noon. More than 8.19 lakh people have recovered.
Perambalur was the only district to report no new infections and 33 districts in the state reported zero deaths. Of the eight deaths, Chennai reported four, Erode two, Tiruvallur and Chengalpet one each.
Chennai topped the charts with 159 new cases followed by Coimbatore (51). Cases in all other districts were below thirty and 23 districts reported a single-digit rise. Together the 11 northern districts reported 275 cases and six deaths, followed by the eight western districts which reported 135 cases and two deaths. The ten southern districts reported 57 cases and central districts 43 cases.
Perambalur continued to report one active case – the lowest in the state, followed by six in Kallakurichi and 14 in Ariyalur. While Chennai had 1,603 people under treatment, Coimbatore registers had 429 and Chengalpet had 350. Active cases in all other districts were below 250.

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