State sees a dip in fresh cases, but fatalities at new high of 97

TOLL SO FAR: 3,838

State sees a dip in fresh cases, but fatalities at new high of 97

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:31.07.2020

After reporting nearly 7,000 cases a day for the past one week, Tamil Nadu on Thursday recorded a dip in new Covid cases at 5,864 even as the toll reached a new high with 97 deaths. This took the state’s cumulative tally to 2,39,978 and toll to 3,838.

There were 57,962 people still under treatment after 5,295 people were discharged, taking the total recoveries to 1,78,178. The last time TN saw cases below 6,000 was on July 22 when it recorded 5,849.

Chennai continues to be the hotspot with 1,175 cases compared to 1,117 on Wednesday. Its three neighbours recorded a dip in cases with 854 compared to 1,305 on Wednesday. Chengalpet had 354, Kancheepuram 175 and Tiruvallur 325. With a total of 31,879 people under treatment including 2,876 fresh cases, the 11 northern districts including Chennai account for 55% of the state’s active cases. The northern region also reported 40 deaths, including 18 in Chennai. With that, the region has 2,808 deaths, 2,092 of them in Chennai.

With six out of 10 districts in the southern region recording more than 200 cases each, the region accounts for 25% of the state’s total active cases at 14,616. Tirunelveli had 277 cases followed by 261 in Theni, 248 in Kanyakumari, 244 in Virudhunagar, and 220 each in Tuticorin and Madurai. The region reported 34 deaths with the highest of eight in Tirunelveli, taking the total toll to 650 including 233 in Madurai.

The western region recorded 540 new cases including 303 in Coimbatore. This took the total to 12,797, including 4,529 active cases in the region. Nine deaths took the toll to 123 with 50 in Coimbatore and 30 in Salem. Coimbatore saw its corporation deputy commissioner, Maduranthaki, testing positive and getting hospitalised. Salem at 70 new cases recorded its lowest count in a week. Every day from July 24, it has been seeing more than 100 new cases a day.

With 460 new cases, the central region had a total of 12,871 cases including 4,934 people under treatment. Pudukottai recorded the highest with 128 cases. The region has so far reported 146 deaths, including 14 on Thursday.