With 521 fresh Covid-19 cases reported in the last 24 hours and a test positivity rate (TPR) of 8.6 percent, the state public health department has issued an alert to all the district health officers.
Except for Kallakurichi, Thiruvarur, and Tirupattur, all other districts recorded fresh Covid cases. The total number of active cases in Tamil Nadu stands at 3,330.
There were 140 new Covid cases in Chennai, 45 in Coimbatore, 44 in Kanyakumari, and 31 in Tiruchi districts of Tamil Nadu. Ten districts reported new cases between 10 and 25 and 21 other districts reported cases in single digits.
Also Read: India reports 27 Covid deaths in 24 hrs, highest in 6 months
One passenger each from UAE, Singapore, Qatar, and Oman tested Covid-19 positive. Ten districts of the state reported TPR above the state average with Coimbatore showing a TPR of 12 percent.
The TPR of Kanyakumari, Tiruvallur, Salem, Ranipet, and Chengalpattu was 11 percent while that of Chennai and Kancheepuram the TPR was 10 percent.
The State Public Health Department said that 150 people were admitted to the hospitals with three being admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Seventy patients were on Oxygen therapy and 77 were in normal wards.
(This story has been sourced from a third-party syndicated feed, agencies. Raavi Media accepts no responsibility or liability for the dependability, trustworthiness, reliability, and data of the text. Raavi Media management/ythisnews.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content at its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever.)
