After 8 months, cases dip below 500
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494 check constructive, taking the COVID-19 tally to 8,40,360; no contemporary case in three districts
After eight months, Tamil Nadu’s each day depend of COVID-19 cases dropped below 500 on Thursday. A complete of 494 individuals examined constructive for the virus, taking the case tally to 8,40,360.
The State had first recorded over 500 each day cases within the first week of May. However, the each day depend dropped below 500 for just a few days throughout mid-May earlier than climbing once more.
According to Health Department officers, the each day positivity price had dropped below 1%, although the State was conducting 50,000-55,000 RT-PCR assessments a day.
Chennai reported no dying resulting from COVID-19 for the second time in almost every week.
The State recorded 4 deaths — one every in Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Kancheepuram and Kanniyakumari — taking the toll to 12,375. The 4 deaths included that of a 54-year-old man from Cuddalore, who had no co-morbidities. He was admitted to the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, Chennai, on February 2, however died inside 4 hours of admission resulting from COVID-19 pneumonia and respiratory failure. He had examined constructive on January 18.
Perambalur, Villupuram and Virudhunagar districts reported no contemporary case. As many as 20 districts clocked contemporary cases in single digits. Among them, Kallakurichi, Pudukottai, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi and Tirunelveli recorded just one case every.
A complete of 149 individuals examined constructive in Chennai, whereas Coimbatore had 58 contemporary cases.
There have been 29 cases in Tiruvallur, 28 in (*8*), 25 in Cuddalore and 22 in Erode. The contemporary cases included 4 returnees — one from the UAE, two from West Bengal and one from Karnataka.
According to the Health Department, solely eight districts have been reporting greater than 15 cases per day within the final 10 days. A complete of 20 districts haven’t reported a single dying within the final 10 days.
As many as 4,467 individuals are present process remedy, together with 1,572 in Chennai and 446 in Coimbatore. In the final 24 hours, 51,882 samples have been examined.
