New cases below 5,000 for second day - The Times Of India

New cases below 5,000 for second day - The Times Of India

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:14.10.2020

Fresh cases in Tamil Nadu dropped below 5,000 for the second consecutive day and deaths too dropped below 60 on Tuesday. The 4,666 new cases pushed the case tally to 6,65,930. The 57 deaths took the cumulative death toll to 10,371. Active cases too dropped to 43,239.

Chennai, the worst affected district, reported 1,164 cases, the highest in the state, followed by Coimbatore (398) and Salem (277). Two other districts that reported cases above 200 were Chengalpet (252) and Tiruvallur (236). Seven districts reported less than 50 cases – Ariyalur and Karur reported 36 cases each, Kallakurichi and Tenkasi 31 each, Ramanathapuram 17, Sivaganga 16 and Perambalur five.

While 17 districts reported zero deaths, Chennai reported 13 and Coimbatore five. Three districts, Chengalpet, Tiruppur and Tirupattur, reported four deaths each; three others, Cuddalore, Krishnagiri and Salem, had three deaths each. Five districts reported two deaths each and six districts reported one death each.

The average case fatality rate was 1.6% in the state, but four districts had death rate above 2% -- Tiruppur (2%), Ramanathapuram (2.1%), Sivaganga (2.2%) and Madurai

(2.3%). The lowest rates were in Nilgiris (.6%), Villupuram (.8%), Tuticorin (.9%) and Dharmapuri (.9%).

The 11 districts in the north together reported 49% of the fresh cases and 33% of deaths. They reported 2,311 new cases and 33 deaths including 1,781 fresh cases and 21 deaths in the Chennai region.

The western districts reported 1388 fresh cases, while the south and central zones reported 492 and 475 cases each. The west reported 18 deaths compared to four in the south and two in the central zone.

The eleven northern districts together had 22,237 active cases, including 18,100 in the Chennai region. There were 12,786 patients under treatment in the west, 4,421 in the south and 3,778 in the central districts.