Chennai: TN reported 1,608 fresh Covid-19 cases on Sundays, falling after four days, and 22 deaths again.
Calculate the state case now 26.33 lakh and the death toll 35,168 – the third highest in this country after Maharashtra (1,38,142) and Karnataka (37,504).
The positive level of the average TN (TPR) test remains below 1% to Saturday.
However, in the past four days, the number of samples filtered every day gradually decreased from 1.6 lakh to 1.5 lakh.
Thanjavur once again topped the TPR charts with 2% of positive sample testing.
On Sundays, 115 other patients were infected and as a result, the number of active cases in the central district had soared to 950.
Coimbatore, who continued to report the highest number of new cases (212), had 2% TPR.
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Erode, where TPR has increased significantly from 1.1% last week to 1.6% now, reported 160 new cases.
During this period of time, the number of samples tested every day in Chennai decreased from 22,000 to 20,000 and TPR remained below 1%.
The district has 197 new cases.
Likewise in the neighboring district of Chengalpet (113 new cases), TPR has not changed at 1.3%.
Among those who died on Sunday, 20 of them had comorbidity such as diabetes or hypertension and only three under the age of 50.
The fatality ratio of TN cases has drifted around 1.3% over the past four weeks.
The 98% recovery rate during these weeks has helped MN for reducing the number of active cases gradually.
At present, 16,473 patients underwent treatment at their hospital or home.
This is above 20,000 on the same day last month.
The active case ratio of TN is 0.6%.