Cases continue to fall, Chennai reports less than 1,000 infections
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With 15,108 recent infections, the variety of COVID-19 instances reported day by day in Tamil Nadu continued to fall for the twenty-second consecutive day on Saturday.
Fresh instances reported by Chennai went under the 1,000-mark for the primary time after 72 days. The final time it reported less than 1,000 instances was on March 31. The recent infections reported by Coimbatore went under the two,000-mark.
The State reported 374 deaths and 27,463 recoveries. The complete variety of deaths stood at 29,280. Tamil Nadu had 1,62,073 energetic instances.
Coimbatore reported 1,982 instances, the very best within the State, adopted by Erode (1,353), Chennai (989), Salem (894), and Tiruppur (844). Thanjavur (645) and Chengalpattu (586) have been the opposite two districts that reported extra than 500 instances.
Another 28 districts reported extra than 100 instances, whereas solely Ariyalur and Perambalur reported less than 100 instances. Compared with Friday, the districts of Tiruvannamalai, Sivaganga, Theni, and Tirupattur reported a marginal enhance in instances, whereas all different districts registered a decline.
Of the 374 deaths, 145 have been ladies and 229 have been males. A complete of 195 have been aged above 60. The oldest was a 97-year-old girl from Chennai, whereas the youngest was a 17-year-old woman from Tiruvallur district. Chennai reported the very best of 73 deaths, adopted by Salem (30), Tiruvallur (29), Coimbatore (27) and Dindigul (21).
Highest exams
Even because the instances continued to fall, the variety of individuals examined continued to enhance. According to the official bulletin, 1,73,724 individuals have been examined, the very best ever within the State. Consequently, the day by day take a look at positivity price dropped additional to 8.7%.
Following every week of decline due to the dearth of provides, vaccination picked up once more with the arrival of recent doses. A complete of three,26,573 doses have been administered as towards 38,737 doses the day earlier than. This was the very best variety of doses administered in a day up to now. On May 27, the State administered 3,23,915 doses, the second highest.
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