1,594 fresh Covid cases across state

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TIMES NEWS NETWORK

03.01.2022

Chennai:

As Covid-19 continues to spread across Tamil Nadu, the state government has intensified its fight against the disease.

On Sunday, 1,594 people tested positive across the state, slightly higher than Saturday’s figure of 1,489.

Chennai once again reported the maximum number of fresh cases (776). The district's Test Positivity Rate (TPR) jumped to 3. 1% —almost double the state's average TPR of 1. 4%.

There were no new Omicron cases in the state on Sunday. Of the 118 patients found infected by the new variant, only 20 are undergoing treatment while the rest were discharged after testing negative.

Another six people died of Covid-19 on Sunday, pushing up the state’s cumulative death toll to 36,760.

With respect to vaccination, 15. 16 lakh people got inoculated on Sunday. At present, more than 86% of the state's eligible population have got their first doses and 59% are fully vaccinated. The government is set to begin administration of booster doses for frontline workers and those aged above 60 from January10.