Unabated surge: 365 deaths, 34,875 fresh cases in TN
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:20.05.2021
After recording a dip for three days, fresh Covid-19 cases in Tamil Nadu rose to 34,875 compared to 33,059 on Tuesday. This included 6,267 fresh cases in Chennai.
The city has seen an increase of 281 cases from the 6,297 cases it reported on Tuesday. Of the 365 Covid deaths across the state, 91 were from Chennai.
Total case tally touched16.9 lakh and cumulative death toll touched18,734. Meanwhile, the state recorded a steady drop in vaccination to 45,755 on Wednesday compared to 50091 on Tuesday and 63,101 on Monday. So far, the state has given more than 70.5 lakh doses of the vaccine.
Highest cases
The state continued to record the highest number of fresh cases in the country for the second consecutive day on Wednesday.
While Maharashtra reported 34,031 new Covid-19 cases, Karnataka reported 34,281 new cases and Kerala had 32,762 fresh cases. Active cases in Tamil Nadu are however fewer in Tamil Nadu compared to Maharashtra (4.2 lakh), Kerala (3.2lkh) and Karnataka (5.5 lakh).
All districts in red
All 37 districts in the state reported more than 200 new cases on Wednesday. Sivaganga, which reported184 cases on Tuesday, registered 210 cases – the lowest in the state followed by Perambalur (218). After Chennai, Coimbatore (3250) reported the highest number of cases. While Chengalpet reported 2,275 cases, five other districts – Tiruvallur (1778) , Tiruppur (1573), Trichy (1459), Erode(1362)andMadurai(1156) -- crossed the four digit mark.
Deaths spiral up
Barring Kallakurichi, Perambalur and Sivaganga, all other districts reported deaths on Wednesday. After Chennai, Chengalpet reported 46 deaths and Kanyakumari logged 23. Together with 18 deaths in Tiruvallur and eight deaths in Kancheepuram, the Chennai region had 163 deaths -- 45% of deaths in Tamil Nadu. With 17 deaths Coimbatore reported the highest number of deaths in the region, while Madurai reported14 and Trichy 13.
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