Chennai : The number of persons who tested positive for Covid-19 in Tamilnadu in 24 hours fell below 300 on Thursday. The State reported 292 cases and a single fatality, with seven of the 38 districts reporting zero fresh cases.
Chennai continued to lead by recording 83 cases on Thursday. It is followed by Coimbatore (43) and Chengalpattu (34). Ariyalur, Dharmapuri, Kallakurichi, Karur, Mayiladuthirai, Nagapattinam, Pudukkotai recorded zero cases. Apart from the Nilgiris (15), Tiruvallur (12), Kancheepuram (10), Trichy (10), Vellore (10), the rest of the districts recorded new cases in single digits.
After 52,851 people were tested for the virus in the past 24 hours, the test positivity rate (TPR) in Tamilnadu came down to 0.6 per cent, where The Nilgiris recorded 1.5 per cent, Chengalpattu 1.2 per cent, and Coimbatore and Chennai 1.1 per cent each.
On Thursday, 899 patients were in the hospital, and among them, 159 were in the intensive care unit. ‘Most patients admitted to the intensive care units are unvaccinated, elderly or people with comorbid conditions,’ said Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan.