Tamil Nadu has 52,000 active cases; Sivaganga worst fatality rate

Tamil Nadu has 52,000 active cases; Sivaganga worst fatality rate

TNN | Sep 3, 2020, 04.31 AM IST

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu added 5,990 cases on Wednesday taking the case tally to 4,39,959. The state reported 98 deaths that took the cumulative death toll to 7,516. There were 52,380 people still under treatment on Wednesday.

The recovery rate was more than 86%, after 5,891 people were discharged in the past 24 hours. While an average of 11% of the people was still under treatment across the state, there were 33.6% of active cases in Erode, 31.5% in Salem and 30.8% in Tirupur. Coimbatore had around 25% of its patients still under treatment, compared to 9% in Chennai and 5% in Madurai. Perambalur (107) , Dharmapuri (168), and Sivaganga (249) had the lowest number of people under treatment.

The state tested more than 73,883 people and 75,829 samples between Tuesday and Wednesday. The average positivity rate is 9.2% in the state and around 15% in Chennai. While Ranipet has around 15.4% positivity rate, Chengalpet and Cuddalore have 13% each. The fatality rate was 1.7% in the state. Sivaganga (2.6%) had the highest fatality rate followed by Madurai (2.5%), Ramanathapuram (2.2%) and Chennai (2%).

Chennai, the worst affected district, recorded 1,025 new cases and 19 deaths. Neighbouring Chengalpet (390), Kancheepuram (133) and Tiruvallur (285) together clocked 808 cases and 18 deaths. The Chennai region had 1,833 fresh cases and 37 deaths, pushing active cases in the region to 18,558, including 12,537 in Chennai. The seven other northern districts together reported 1,247 cases and 16 deaths.

After the northern districts, the eight districts in the West together reported 1,375 cases and 16 deaths. Coimbatore reported 579 cases and Salem recorded 403 cases, followed by Erode (106), Tirupur (87) and Namakkal (83). The number of active cases in the zone was 11,543, including 4,269 in Coimbatore and 3,724 in Salem.

Though the southern districts had fewer cases than the west, it reported 21 deaths. The ten districts together reported 858 cases, while the central zone recorded 664 cases and eight deaths. There were 7,805 people under treatment in the south and 5,558 in the central districts. Of the 98 people whose deaths were reported on Wednesday, five had no comorbid conditions.