Chennai: On a day when daily coronavirus infections rose to 17,934 in Tamilnadu on Wednesday, at least 30 districts recorded a rise in new cases when compared to the previous day’s figures.
Chennai’s daily tally surpassed 7,000, with the city registering a sharp rise in infections from 6,484 on Tuesday to 7,372 on Wednesday.
Chennai was followed by neighbouring Chengalpattu (1,840), Coimbatore (981) and Thiruvallur (931). The rest of the cases were spread mostly across Kancheepuram (620), Madurai (498), Tirunelveli (451) and Trichy (444).As 4,039 Covid patients got discharged in the past 24 hours in the state, only 88,959 cases remain active. Of the new cases, 36 came from other countries and States.
The test positivity rate stood at 11.47 per cent. Meanwhile, State Health Minister Ma Subramanian said the weekly mega vaccination camps would be suspended in view of the coming festival season. Vaccines were administered to 2,07,580 people across the State on Wednesday.