TN Covid-19 cases rise slightly for 3rd day in row

TN Covid-19 cases rise slightly for 3rd day in row

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai: 05.09.2021

Fresh cases of Covid-19 went up marginallyvfor the third consecutive day to 1,575 new cases on Saturday from 1,509 on Wednesday. At least 23 districts including Tiruvallur, Chengalpet, Sivaganga, Virudhunagar and Karur reported an increase in new cases in the past 24 hours.

Meanwhile, the 20 deaths took the toll to 35,000 and the state reported a cumulative case tally of 26.2 lakh. At the end of the day, after discharging 1,610 patients there were 16,315 people still undergoing treatment for the viral infection.

On Saturday, with 244 new cases, Coimbatore reported the highest number and was also the only district to report more than 200 new cases. The western district reported 239 cases on Friday and 215 cases on Thursday. The number of cases in Chennai increased to 167 from 162 on Friday. Besides Coimbatore and Chennai, the Erode (109) was the only district to report new cases in three digits.

The sharpest increase in new cases between Friday and Saturday came from Chennai’s neighbours Tiruvallur and Chengalpet. Cases in Tiruvallur increased to 79 from 65 on Friday while Chengalpet reported 99 compared to 88 on Friday. Districts such as Sivaganga, Virudhunagar, Karur and Tiruvallur reported six to nine cases more than their Friday tally.

However, 20 districts in the state reported less than 25 cases. Five districts – Thoothukudi (9), Theni (8), Perambalur (5), Ramanathapuram (4), Thirupathur (4) and Tenkasi

(3) — reported cases in single digits.

Of the 20 deaths reported on Saturday, four were in Coimbatore, three each in Chennai and Trichy and two each in Erode, Salem and Tiruvallur. While four districts (Chengalpet, Mayiladuthurai, Pudukottai and Ariyalur) reported one death each, 28 districts reported zero deaths.

The state vaccinated 6.2 lakh people on Saturday compared to 5.5 lakh on Friday and 5.4 lakh on Thursday, taking the dosage tally in the state centres to 3.2 crore. The average number of vaccinations in a day in the first four days of September is 5.6 lakh a day. In August it was around 2.9 lakh. Meanwhile, 22 lakh doses were given in private hospitals since May 1.

Pondy cases inch up to 900

The active Covid-19 cases crossed the 900-mark on Saturday in the Union territory of Puducherry. The territory reported 120 fresh cases even as 76 patients recovered in the past 24 hours ending at 10am on Saturday taking the active cases to 937. Of them, 765 cases are under home isolation and treatment.

Puducherry headquarters reported the maximum fresh cases with 70 followed by Mahe (25), Karaikal (17) and Yanam (8). Puducherry headquarters has the maximum active cases with 579 followed by Karaikal (201), Mahe (130) and Yanam (27). TNN