Chennai: New Covid-19 cases have dipped to 1,804 in Tamilnadu, when at least 16 districts reported fewer than 25 cases each. Nearly three months after reporting more than 36,000 cases a day, almost all districts are out of the red.
On Tuesday, Chennai was back on top – overtaking Coimbatore – in the State’s daily number of coronavirus cases. Chennai reported 209 new cases on Tuesday (205 on Monday), while Coimbatore added 206 (216 on Monday).
Weekly positivity rate was above two in Thanjavur and Coimbatore. At least 15 other districts had positivity rate above the state average of 1.2.
There were 20,225 active cases. The cumulative toll, including the 32 deaths reported on Tuesday, moved to 34,579.