Cases more than doubled in 18 districts
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Eighteen of the 37 districts in Tamil Nadu witnessed a rise of over 100% in the variety of new COVID-19 circumstances in the previous week, in comparison with the previous one.
Of the 18 districts, Thoothukudi noticed a progress of 336% — the best in the State. While 132 circumstances had been reported there from March 30 to April 5, it more than quadrupled to 576 circumstances final week. Dharmapuri was one other district that noticed the same progress. The new circumstances elevated from 73 to 316.
With circumstances growing at a steeper charge in the final week than the speed witnessed throughout the same section throughout the first wave of COVID-19 circumstances in Tamil Nadu, evaluation reveals that circumstances are additionally turning into geographically widespread.
As the map accompanying this text reveals, just a few districts in the central area and Ramanathapuram district reported much less than 200 circumstances in the previous week. However, even in a few of these districts, the speed of enhance gave the impression to be excessive.
In the week from March 30 to April 5, solely eight districts reported over 500 circumstances. Last week, their quantity elevated to 18. Barring Perambalur, which reported 26 circumstances, all different districts reported circumstances in three digits this previous week.
The districts with main cities expectedly had more circumstances. In the week previous the final one, aside from Chennai, Chengalpattu and Coimbatore, solely Tiruvallur reported more than 1,000 circumstances. Last week, Tiruchi, Madurai, Kancheepuram, and Tiruppur joined the listing.
While Chennai continued to report the best variety of circumstances (12,107 final week), Coimbatore and Chengalpattu reported more than 3,000 circumstances in the previous week.
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