After testing 69,344 people for viral infection, the northern eleven districts together reported 51% new cases and 40% deaths Tuesday. The area also had the highest number of active patients: 13,720. After the north, new cases were highest in the eight western districts (732), followed by the southern area (247). New cases in the central districts were the lowest at 236.
Officials say that by early next week, if new cases continue to decline, active cases in the state will drop below 8,000 in the northern districts and below 5,000 in the west.
Active cases were the lowest in the central zone (2,189). While the west had 8,999 people still in treatment, there were 2,824 in the south.
All districts continued to report new cases, with the Chennai hot spot continuing to top the table with 695 cases. Four other districts, Coimbatore (209), Salem (146), Chengalpet (144) and Tiruvallur (115), reported cases in three digits. There were five districts that reported cases in single digits: Tenkasi and Ariyalur have five cases each, Perambalur and Ramanathapuram each reported three cases, and Dindigul two cases.
The 27 people whose deaths were reported Tuesday had comorbid conditions such as seasonal asthma, diabetes, hypertension, liver disease, heart disease, anemia and hypothyroidism.
A 60-year-old Salem woman with type 2 diabetes and hypertension was pronounced dead by doctors at Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Hospital on Sunday, three days after she tested positive for the viral infection.
On Tuesday, deaths were highest in Chennai (7) followed by Tiruppur (5) and Salem (3).
Three districts, Chengalpet, Coimbatore and Madurai, reported two deaths and six others, Cuddalore, Erode, Kallakurichi, Ramanathapuram and Sivagangai, each reported one death. Twenty-five of the 37 districts reported no deaths.
Active cases in Chennai fell to 8,096 from 8,856 on Monday. The number of active cases was at the four-digit mark in four districts: Coimbatore (3,580), Chengalpet (1,203), Salem (1,178), and Tiruvallur (1,166).
The number of Covid-19 patients still in treatment was the lowest in Perambalur (71), Ariyalur (78), Theni (106) and Tenkasi (103).
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