Chennai: The daily case count of Covid-19 fell significantly on Monday to 1,634 in Tamilnadu. As many as 35,951 persons were under treatment. So far, 34,37,896 persons have tested positive.
Till date, the fatalities are 37,932. The recoveries were 7,365 patients who got discharged after treatment Monday, and the total number who got recovered was 33,64,013.
Chennai and Coimbatore, among the 38 districts, saw a fall below 500. The two cities saw 341 and 305 new infections today, while Chengalpattu recorded 116.
The health officials tested 93,295 persons, taking the total number of persons tested to 6,22,31,863.
At 3,317 sessions held at government healthcare facilities, 93,252 persons were vaccinated. They include 487 healthcare workers; 890 frontline workers; 24,581 persons aged 15-18; 35,739 persons aged 18-44; 18,353 persons aged 45-59; and 13,202 senior citizens. The total number of the vaccinated reached 9,54,09,318.
The total recoveries in Chennai increased to 7,32,408 and the fatalities rose to 9,046 with two deaths during the day. The metro accounted for 7,47,200 positive cases while the active cases stood at 5,746, the bulletin added.