Slight dip in Covid cases in Tamilnadu


Chennai: There was a marginal drop in the number of new Covid-19 cases in Tamilnadu on Monday to 30,215 as against 30,580 on Sunday.

Monday’s active case stands at 2,06,484. Chennai alone reported 6,296 new Covid cases in 24 hours. But there was a slender decline from 6,383 cases the previous day. The State capital also recorded the maximum deaths of 17.

Following Chennai, Coimbatore recorded the highest number of cases at 3,786 followed by Chengalpattu 1,742, Tiruppur 1,504, Kanyakumari 1,236, Erode 1,199, Thanjavur 1,117 and Salem 1,089 cases.

Tamilnadu registered 46 deaths taking the toll to 37,264. The positivity rate in the last 24 hours was 19.98 per cent. A total of 24,639 people got discharged in the last 24 hours, leaving the number of active cases at 2,06,484.