Chennai: In yet another day of sharp upward trend, Tamilnadu today registered 2,342 new cases, and the total number of inflections has touched 8,84,094.
According to sources, the capital city of Chennai registered 874 cases in the last 24 hours.
With this, the total number of persons affected by the pandemic in the metropolis has touched 2,48,031.
As far as Chennai’s neighbouring districts are concerned, Chengalpattu today registered 242 new cases, Kancheepuram saw 100 infections in the last 24 hours, and Thiruvallur posted 80 positive cases.
The districts of Cuddalore and Coimbatore today witnessed 35 and 207 new cases, respectively. Sixteen Covid-19 patients died today, taking the total number of fatalities in the State due to the pandemic to 12,700.
On the positive side, 1,463 patients were discharged from various hospitals in Tamilnadu today. With this, the total number of recoveries in the State has touched 8,56,548.