13 districts report under 10 cases each
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State sees 811 fresh cases, 11 deaths; Perambalur records no new infection
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State sees 811 fresh cases, 11 deaths; Perambalur records no new infection
On a day when the State reported 811 fresh cases of COVID-19, Perambalur recorded no new infection and 13 districts recorded fewer than 10 cases each. The State recorded 11 more deaths, including that of a 21-year-old woman from Ranipet.
Those testing positive included seven returnees five from West Bengal and one each from Andhra Pradesh and Bihar.
A total of 228 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Chennai. With this, the city’s tally touched 2,26,937 (2,20,575 persons discharged, 2,327 active cases and 4,035 deaths). Coimbatore followed with 87 cases, while Chengalpattu and Salem saw 47 and 43 cases respectively. Tiruvallur reported 36 cases, while the remaining districts saw fewer than 30 cases each.
Express News Service
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu reported 811 Covid-19 cases and 11 deaths on Wednesday, taking the tally to 8,23,181 and toll to 12,188.
Chennai reported 228 cases. Chennai s neighbouring districts of Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur reported 47, 27 and 36 cases respectively.
Perambalur district reported zero cases on the day while 14 other districts reported cases in the single digits.
Five people from West Bengal and one each from Andhra Pradesh and Bihar, who travelled to Tamil Nadu by road, tested positive.
The State tested 63,582 samples and 63,268 people on the day. After 943 people were discharged, the State had 7,665 active cases.
One government lab, the Southern Railway Headquarter Hospital in Chennai, has been approved for Covid testing.