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CHENNAI: Fresh Covid-19 cases in the state continued to decline with 724 recorded on Sunday. And for the 11th day in a row, none of the UK returnees tested positive for the virus. Of the 2,300-odd people who returned from the UK to Tamil Nadu between November 25 and December 23, the government had so far traced and tested 2,146. The remaining 150-odd remained untraced for over two weeks now.
A total of 24 passengers and 20 others, who were in contact with them, tested positive and all of them, treated at separate isolation wards, are in a stable condition. Overall, the state now has 7,164 active cases an 83% drop compared to October 10. Though TN stands third in the country for total Covid tally (8,26,261), it is ninth when it comes to number of active cases. The state s recovery rate is inching towards 98% with another 857 people recovering after treatment. So far, 8,06,875 patients have recovered from the disease in TN.
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COIMBATORE: A 29-year-old Avarampalayam resident, who lost Rs 7 lakh in online gambling, committed suicide by jumping in front of a running train in Tirupur district, police said.
S Elvin Fredric, who was working in a private firm in the city, had gone missing from his rented house at Ilango Nagar in Avarampalayam on Tuesday.
Preliminary inquiry revealed that Fredric took the extreme step after losing money in online gambling. “His mother Elizabeth had left for her hometown in Thoothukudi on Sunday. She returned on Tuesday morning and did not find her son at the house. We were not able to trace him as he had left behind his mobile phone,” a police officer said.
Coimbatore: Calling upon the public not to panic over bird flu, the state government said that a series of prevention and mitigation measures are bein.