Chennai: The number of active cases in the city has dipped to 19 per cent and is displaying an impressive margin of 79 per cent over the active cases.
According to data from Chennai Corporation, currently the active cases stand at 15,606 (19 per cent) and the recovered cases are 64,036 (79 per cent). Only one place in the city has more than 2,000 Coronavirus cases in the city. The death toll stands at 1,318, that is 1.63 per cent.
Kodambakkam continues to be a dangerous area with 2,219 cases. The neighbourhood of Anna Nagar, another containment zone has 1,574 patients testing positive.
Teynampet has close to 1,477 cases and Royapuram, which had the highest positive patients now has 1,101 cases. Another hotspot, Tondirapet currently has 1,059 cases.
Royapuram, which has 70 per cent of its population affected, is showing an impressive recovery rate with 8,596 persons overcoming the viral infection.
Officials are grappling with the death rate, Teynampet has the highest with 202 casualties.
