Chennai: At least three quarters of 6,983 new Covid-19 cases reported by the state on Thursday came from Chennai (3,759) and three adjacent districts – Chengalpet (816), Tiruvallur (185) and Kanccheepuram (185).
Eleven deaths took cumulative victims to 36,825.
At the end of the day, the number of active patients in the country jumped to 22,828.
The state reported a 43% increase in cases in the last 24 hours of 4,863 new cases on Wednesday, and the city of his hotspot, Chennai, reported a 55% increase of 2,489.
“We see the effects of cascading infections to adjacent districts,” said Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan.
After Chennai, Chengalpet and Tiruvallur, Coimbatore (309) and Vellore (223) reported the highest number of cases in the state.
Among the central districts, Trichy reported the sharpest increase from 51 cases on Wednesday to 123 on Thursday, while Thanjavur reported 68 new cases compared to 26 days ago.
In the south, Tuticorin reported 132 new cases on Thursday, when Madurai had 60 years, there were five in Chennai and one in Chengalpet, Coimbatore, Salem, Thanjavur, Madurai and Namakkal.
While 6.9 lakh, including 5.3 lakh teenagers, took Jab on Thursday.