Chennai: New cases in Tamil Nadu fell further to 1,891 on Wednesday, when all districts each had more than 200 cases.
This pushed Case Tally to 25.41 lakh.
Toll Death, including 27 deaths on Wednesday, taking a total toll to 33,809.
At the end of the day, 2,423 patients were dismissed from the Covid registry and there were 26,158 people who underwent treatment for viral infections.
1.85 Doses of Crore provided in public vaccination centers in the state so far, 1.49 lakh doses are given on Wednesday.
At least 13 lakh people have received vaccines in private hospitals since May 1, taking vaccination doses in the 1.98 crore state.
“We inched close to 2 doses of crore vaccination in the state.
We received 5.42 lakh doses of covisheilds that we have at this time, we must have enough vaccines for two to three days ahead,” said Minister of Health MA Subramanian.
“While the center has promised an additional 5 doses of lakh for July, the state also made an effort to buy vaccines from the private sector.
Of the 17 vaccines the lakh given to private hospitals in July only 4 lakh has been used so far.
The country will buy this vaccine through funds CSR for vaccination is free, “he said.
On Wednesday, the case of fresh Covid-19 in Coimbatore fell to 183 compared to 204 on Tuesday.
The Western District still reported the highest number of cases in the state.
Erode cases increased to 141 of 129 on Tuesday.
Chennai reported 138 new cases, followed by Salem (119) and Chengalpet (102).
All other districts report cases in two digits, while 10 districts each reported more than 20 cases.
A scrambler reported 11 new cases – the lowest – followed by 12 each in Ramanathapuram and Tenkasi.
On Tuesday Ramanathapuram reported 9 new cases, Tenkasi had 10 and Tuticorin reported 12.