Chennai: The number of new Covid-19 cases dropped in the state for the second day in a row on Monday, when the country reported 23,443 new cases compared with 23,975 cases reported on Sunday and 23,989 on Saturday.
Chennai, who recorded 8,571 new cases, reported drop after 28 days.
However, in the same period the number of tests had diminished to 1.35 lakh of 1.39 lakh, and the daily testing level has increased with two percentage points to 19%.
“The decline in cases of everyday may not mean that the waves are receding,” Health Secretary who was warned J Radhakrishnan.
“Many patients have not reported symptoms during the week of the festival.
We expect tests and cases to increase in a few days” he said.
Chennai continues to report the maximum number of cases on Monday too.
However, this was the first time after December 20, 2021, the city reported fewer cases compared to tally the previous day.
The neighbor – Chengalpet (2,236) Tiruvallur (1,018) and Kancheepuram (766) – together reported nearly 54% of new cases in the state.
But the sharpest increase in the 24-hour calculation was reported in Coimbatore, where the case rose to 2,042 from 1,866 on Sunday.
Of the total 20 deaths, nine came from Chennai, two of each of Tiruvallur, Madurai and Tuticorin and one of each of the coimbatore, erode, trichy, nilgiris and Ramanathapuram.
All other districts report zero death.