23 districts report fresh cases in TN
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
11.01.2022
Chennai: At least 23 districts reported an increase in fresh cases on Monday. Tamil Nadu reported 13,990 new cases, while Chennai logged 6,190 cases.
The sharpest increase was recorded at Tiruvallur, where cases went up to 1,054 from 702 cases on Sunday. City’s two other neighbours – Chengalpet (1696) and Kancheepuram (508) – also reported an increase compared to their Sunday tally.
Although the active cases in the state swiftly rose to 62,767 on Monday including 30,843 in Chennai, the percentage of active patients in hospitals have come down drastically. In a city like Chennai, more than 90% of the population have taken at least one dose, and 70% have taken both doses, hospitalization and deaths are low. “It is still important to follow precautions,” said health secretary J Radhakrishnan.
Coimbatore reported 602 cases on Monday. Trichy (348), Madurai (330) and Ranipet (272) also logged a significant increase in new cases.
On the first day of launch, 20,765 people took the precautionary dose. At least 2. 5 lakh people took the vaccine on Monday. This includes 84209 people who took the vaccine on Monday. With this, 87. 29% adults have taken the first dose and 60. 20% second dose.
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