Chennai: Tamilnadu on Tuesday registered 1404 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total number of persons tested positive for coronavirus infection in the State so far to 7,83,319.
According to the daily bulletin released by the State Health department last night, the capital city of Chennai registered 380 cases. With this, the total number of persons affected by the pandemic in the metropolis has reached 2,15,739.
As far as Chennai’s neighbouring districts are concerned, Chengalpattu registered 86 new cases, Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur saw 63 infections each, with Tiruppur’s tally at 65.
The bulletin said 1,411 patients were discharged from various hospitals in Tamilnadu, apart from ten deaths today. With this, the total number of recoveries in the State has touched 7,60,617.
Of the 37 districts, Kallakurichi reported no fresh case, while Thiruvannamalai, after recording cases in single digit for two days, reported 47 fresh infections.
Eight districts reported cases in single digits — Ariyalur (5), Kanniyakumari (8), Perambalur (3), Pudukottai (8), Ramanathapuram (4), Thenkasi (5), Theni (5) and Thoothukudi (9). The fresh cases included five persons who had returned to the State from Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala by air or road.
As many as 10,980 persons are currently undergoing treatment in the State. Chennai has the most number of active cases at 3,702, followed by Coimbatore (935) and Chengalpattu (552).
Meanwhile, reports have suggested that Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) could make the COVID-19 vaccine by AstraZeneca-Oxford University available in India’s market after March-April 2021.