15 districts see marginal rise in Covid cases

15 districts see marginal rise in Covid cases

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:24.11.2021

Fifteen districts including Chennai reported a marginal increase in new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, when the state reported a drop to 741 cases from 750 on Monday. There were 13 deaths that took the cumulative toll since March 2020 to 36,401. At the end of the day, after 808 patients were discharged from the state registry, there were 8,536 patients seeking treatment for the viral infection.

While Coimbatore (119) reported the maximum number of new cases in the state, Chennai reported 114 new cases compared to 110 on Monday.

The sharpest increase was reported from Vellore. The district reported 15 cases compared to 10 on Monday. At least 22 districts reported fewer than 10 cases each, while Tuticorin reported zero new cases.

Active cases were the highest in Chennai and Coimbatore ( both at 1274) on Tuesday. While Erode had 830 patients, Chengalpet had 659 and Tiruppur had 555. All other districts reported fewer than 500 active cases. T,enkasi (9) and Theni(10) had the least number of active cases in the state.

Of the 13 deaths, there were three each in Chennai and Coimbatore, two in Tiruppur and one each in Trichy, Thanjavur, Kancheepuram, Sivaganga and Villupuram.

Meanwhile, 3.5 lakh people took the Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday. This pushed the dosage tally at government vaccination centres to 6.4 crore. Since May 1, 27.2 lakh doses have been administered in private vaccination centres.

No deaths in Pondy for 2nd day

Puducherry:

The Union territory of Puducherry did not report any Covid-19 death for the second consecutive day on Tuesday and the death toll remained at 1,870. Puducherry headquarters has the maximum fatalities with 1,463 followed by Karaikal

(250), Yanam (108) and Mahe  (49). The fatality rate of the infection remained at 1.5%.

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