Over 75% of fresh cases in state are from Chennai

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TIMES NEWS NETWORK

07.01.2022

Chennai:At least three fourths of the 6,983 new Covid-19 cases reported by the state on Thursday came from Chennai (3,759) and it three adjacent district – Chengalpet (816), Tiruvallur (444) and Kancheepuram (185). The eleven deaths took the cumulative toll to 36,825. At the end of the day, the number of active patients in the state soared to 22,828.

The state reported a 43% increase in cases in the last 24 hours from 4,863 new cases on Wednesday, and its hotspot city, Chennai, reported a 55% increase from 2,489. “We are seeing a cascading effect of the infection into the adjacent districts,” said health secretary J Radhakrishnan.

After Chennai, Chengalpet and Tiruvallur, Coimbatore (309) and Vellore (223) reported the highest number of cases in the state. Among central districts, Trichy reported the sharpest increase from 51 cases on Wednesday to 123 on Thursday, while Thanjavur reported 68 new cases compared to 26 a day ago. In the south, Tuticorin reported 132 new cases on Thursday, when Madurai had 60.

Of the 11 deaths, there were five in Chennai and one each in Chengalpet, Coimbatore, Salem, Thanjavur, Madurai and Namakkal. Meanwhile 6. 9 lakh, including 5. 3 lakh teens, took the jab on Thursday.