Coronavirus | COVID-19 case count remains above 2,000
Chennai experiences 833 recent instances; variety of lively instances in State rises to 13,070; 11 sufferers die
The each day tally of COVID-19 instances in Tamil Nadu remained above 2,000, with 2,194 recent instances reported on Sunday, the very best because the first week of November final. The State’s tally now stands at 8,79,473.
The State reported 11 new deaths, whereas 1,270 folks recovered from the illness. The toll rose to 12,670 and the variety of recovered sufferers was 8,53,733. The variety of lively instances stood at 13,070.
Chennai tops desk
As has been the development, Chennai reported the very best variety of 833 recent instances, adopted by Chengalpattu (188), Coimbatore (180), Tiruvallur (117), and Thanjavur (108).
These 5 have been the districts to report greater than 100 instances, and collectively they accounted for 65% of the recent instances within the State.
Kancheepuram, Tiruppur, Nagapattinam and Tiruvarur reported greater than 50 instances every. Perambalur had only one new case.
Among those that examined optimistic have been three who returned from Bangladesh and 9 who returned from different States.
Deaths have been reported in seven districts, with Chennai reporting the very best of 4. Tiruvallur reported two deaths, whereas Thanjavur, Tiruppur, Tiruvarur, Tirupathur, and Kanniyakumari reported one loss of life every.
Ten of the eleven individuals who died had co-morbidities, in accordance with the bulletin launched by the Health and Family Welfare Department. A 44-year-old man from Chennai was admitted to Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital on March 19 after he examined optimistic a day earlier than. He died per week afterward Friday and didn’t have any co-morbidity.
Nine of the remaining 10 deceased have been aged above 60, of whom three have been girls. The different individual was a 50-year-old man from Tiruppur.
On Sunday, 84,927 folks have been examined. The variety of individuals examined steadily elevated, and the check positivity price rose to 2.58%.