Coronavirus | Tamil Nadu reports 1,416 new COVID-19 cases

Tamil Nadu continued to report lower than 1,500 cases of COVID-19 for the eighth day in a row. As many as 1,416 individuals examined optimistic within the State on Thursday, of which 382 had been from Chennai and 140, together with two returnees, from Coimbatore. While 14 extra individuals died, 1,413 individuals recovered.

Perambalur recorded no new cases, whereas Ramanathapuram reported one case of COVID-19. Five different districts reported cases in single digits — Ariyalur (5), Dharmapuri (9), Kallakurichi (3), Ranipet (6) and Tirupattur (8). There had been 88 cases in Salem, 81 in Tiruvallur, 77 in Chengalpattu and 63 in Tiruppur.

Of the 14 fatalities, Chennai accounted for six deaths and Chengalpattu had two. Coimbatore, Erode, Karur, Salem, Tirupattur and Tiruvarur recorded one demise every. The youngest was a 40-year-old man from Tiruvarur, who didn’t have any co-morbid situations.

He died on December 1 as a consequence of COVID-19 pneumonia and acute respiratory misery syndrome.

Among the 1,416 individuals who examined optimistic, eight had been returnees from Assam, Delhi, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra. The recent cases took the State’s tally to 7,86,163. Till date, a complete of seven,63,428 individuals have recovered and 11,747 have died within the State.

Currently, 10,988 individuals are beneath remedy. This consists of 3,536 individuals in Chennai, 935 in Coimbatore, 529 in Chengalpattu, 522 in Salem, 520 in Tiruppur and 508 in Tiruvallur.

In the final 24 hours, 70,156 samples had been examined within the State. Till date, 1,22,64,069 samples have been examined. Three personal laboratories — Bharat Specialty Labs, Tirunelveli, Global Calcium Diagnostic Services, Hosur, and Gem Laboratory, Coimbatore — had been authorized for COVID-19 testing. As of date, there are 224 testing services — 67 within the authorities and 157 within the personal sector.