Chennai: Tamilnadu reported 13,990 new Covid-19 cases and 11 deaths in the last 24 hours.
According to the State health department, there are currently 62,767 active cases in the State. As many as 2,547 patients recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours.
Chennai continued to top the districts with 6,190 fresh infections followed by Chengalpattu with 1,696 and Thiruvallur with 1,054. The rest of the cases were spread across Coimbatore (602), Kancheepuram (508), Trichy (348) and other districts.
There were 330 cases in Madurai. Among those who tested positive for the infection in the State were 32 returnees, including nine persons from Bangladesh and two each from Sri Lanka and the UAE.
On the status of Omicron variant, the health bulletin said total cases stood at 185 of which 179 were discharged. The six remaining cases were cross-notified to Kerala, Puducherry, and Andhra Pradesh.
A total of 2,59,594 people were vaccinated in the State on Monday. The first dose coverage reached 87.29 per cent, while the second dose coverage was 60.20 per cent.