State records a marginal rise in cases
The Hindu
1,658 people test positive as Chennai logs 226 infections; 29 persons die and 2,85,805 are vaccinated
Tamil Nadu saw a marginal rise in fresh COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, as 1,658 more people tested positive. Chennai, for the second day in a row, led the table with 226 cases.
In Coimbatore, which registered 201 cases on Tuesday, 224 people tested positive on Wednesday. There were 130 cases in Erode and 126 cases in Chengalpattu. While Tiruppur recorded 88 cases, Thanjavur’s daily tally dropped from 119 to 72. There were 67 cases in Tiruvallur, 62 in Salem, 53 in Tiruchi and 51 in Namakkal.
The fresh cases took the State’s tally to 26,38,668. Twenty-nine persons succumbed to the infection, taking the toll to 35,246. Of the 38 districts, 24 did not report fatalities. Chennai recorded five deaths, while there were four deaths in Coimbatore and three each in Kancheepuram and Nagapattinam.
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