Fresh Covid cases in TN drops below 2,000

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu daily Covid-19 daily cases dropped below 2,000 and 1,945 new cases including one imported case from Andhra Pradesh. The total number of cases of Covid-19 in the State reached to 35,32,343.

Chennai reported 419 cases and 207 cases of Covid-19 were reported in Chengalpattu. As many as 179 cases of Covid-19 were reported in Coimbatore.

The test positivity rate (TPR) in Tamil Nadu stood at 5.8 percent in Tamil Nadu, after testing 34,173 samples in the past 24 hours. The highest TPR was reported in Tirupur (14.2 percent), Erode reported 13.9 percent, while Chennai reported 6 percent positivity rate was recorded in Tirupur.

Meanwhile, the active cases of Covid-19 in the State stood at 15,409 currently. Chennai has a total of 5,043 active cases. With 2,379 more people being discharged from several hospitals across the State, the total recoveries from Covid-19 reached to 34,78,902. With no more deaths due to Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, the death toll stood at 38,032.