NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, JULY 9
The state saw a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases on Thursday with 4,231 persons tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours, according to the State Health Department.
14738 Fever clinics were conducted in Chennai from 08-05-2020 till 09-07-2020. 9,38,613 people attended the clinics and 45,801 symptomatic patients were identified & tested for COVID-19 and others given medicines for minor ailments.#Covid19Chennai#GCC #ChennaiCorporation pic.twitter.com/pS1fAkztUn
— Greater Chennai Corporation (@chennaicorp) July 9, 2020
The new infection numbers were below 4,000 mark for the past two days. The state recorded new coronavirus infections of 4,231 persons, taking the total tally to 1,26,581.
The total number of COVID-19 patients who died over the past 24 hours was 65, taking the toll to 1,765.
The good news was, 3,994 COVID-19 patients were cured and discharged from various hospitals in the state. The total number of Covid cured persons in the state rose up to 78,161.
The number of active COVID-19 cases in the state after taking into account the cured and dead stands at 46,652.
The number of infected children in the state in the age group 0-12 went up to 6,277.
Chennai continued to head the COVID-19 infection table with 1,216 persons testing positive for the virus and the total tally stands at 73,728. The active cases in the city stands at 20,271 while the total number of COVID-19 patients discharged in the state capital on Thursday was 2,700.