TN: 35,579 new cases, 397 deaths

TN: 35,579 new cases, 397 deaths

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:21.05.2021 

For the third consecutive day, Tamil Nadu reported the country's highest number of fresh cases, when new cases breached the 17 lakh mark. The 35,579 new cases and 397 deaths pushed the case tally to 17.3 lakh when the cumulative death toll reached 19,131. After 25,368 discharges, the state was left with 2.63 active cases.

Chennai cases dip Fresh cases in Chennai came down to 6,073 on Thursday, from 6,297 it reported on Wednesday. There were 73 deaths. After Chennai, the highest number of new cases were from emerging hotspot Coimbatore, which reported 3,335 new cases. While Chengalpet reported 2092 cases, neighbouring Tiruvallur logged 1,791 fresh cases. At least six districts Tiruppur (1581), Erode (1505), Trichy (1375), Madurai (1269), Kanyakumari (1096) and Tuticorin (1004) crossed the fourdigit mark. The lowest number of cases were reported from Perambalur (196), Sivaganga (237) and Ariyalur (267). After Chennai, the highest number of deaths were reported from Chengalpet (44), Vellore (36), Kancheepuram (27), Coimbatore (20) and Tiruvallur.

The number of new cases in the state, which was less than 30,000 until April 11, crossed 35,000 on Monday. “But over the last three or four days, the daily increase has slowed down,” said health secretary J Radhakrishnan. The doubling time for the viral infection is hovering around 33 days for nearly nine days now, he said. The viral reproduction rate – R naught – has also dropped from1.5 on April 8 to 1.1 on Wednesday. “It is too early to celebrate but we are seeing good signs,” he said.