Chennai: Active Covid-19 infections in Tamilnadu fell below 500 on Thursday- There are now 475 cases.
Forty one new cases have been reported, including a Singapore returnee. They took the total to 34,52,575 so far.
Of the 38 districts, 22 did not report any fresh infection. The State continued to report zero deaths for the seventh day in a row. Except Chennai, where 13 persons tested positive, 15 districts reported cases in single digits.
Of 475 active cases, Chennai had 168 patients under treatment, while its neighbours Chengalpet (64), Tiruvallur (21) and Kancheepuram (19) together had more than 100 cases. Coimbatore had 39 patients and Thanjavur had 20 patients under treatment.
A total of 32,003 samples were examined in the last 24 hours. Cumulatively, the number of those examined was 6,53,89,956, the Health department said.
The State’s overall positivity rate stood at 0.1 per cent. In total, 1,73,195 persons were inoculated across the State on Thursday. So far, the coverage of government vaccination centres touched 10,06,29,631.