Chennai: Tamilnadu recorded fresh 618 coronavirus cases and four deaths on Wednesday. So far the State has recorded 34,47,006 cases and 37,993 fatalities.
With 156 new cases, Chennai not only reported the highest cases but it’s the only district to report cases in three digits. Coimbatore (87) and Chengalpet (72), reported about 50 cases each.
Coimbatore logged 87 cases, Chengalpattu 72, Erode and Tiruvallur logged 27 and 26 cases respectively. With 63,267 samples tested, the positivity rate stood at 0.97 per cent. As per Tuesday’s data, all districts, except Coimbatore, recorded a positivity rate of less than two percent. Coimbatore had a positivity rate of two percent.
At the end of the day, 2153 patients were discharged from the Covid registry and there were 10,782 active patients.