NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, APR 19
Tamil Nadu on Monday reported yet another single-day high of COVID-19 cases, in excess of 10,000 for the second day in a row, while 44 deaths pushed the toll to 13,157.
As many as 10,941 new cases pushed the overall infections to 10,02,392, while the active cases surged past 75,000. According to a government medical bulletin, 6,172 people were cured of the dreaded virus on Monday, even as the total recoveries stood at 9,14,119.
Active cases were 75,116. Chennai constituted the bulk of cases with 3,347 people, while Chengalpattu clocked 970. Coimbatore at 735 and Tiruvallur with 535 new patients followed suit.
Chennai also led on the death count, at 4415. Of the 44 deceased, four had no comorbidities. New cases included those who had arrived from foreign destinations and other states via air and road, the bulletin said. So far, 2,12,99,220 samples have been tested by RT-PCR. Meanwhile, 48,07,148 people have been administered with COVID vaccine so far, the government said.
Pudhucherry: Lt. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan imposed night curfew from tonight
புதுச்சேரியில் நாளை முதல் இரவு 10 மணி முதல் காலை 5 மணி வரை இரவு நேர ஊரடங்கு அமலுக்கு வருகிறது.
– துணைநிலை ஆளுநர் தமிழிசை செளந்தரராஜன் அறிவிப்பு
Night curfew imposed in Puducherry from tomorrow till 10 pm to 5 am pic.twitter.com/yFacC16QV9
— PIB in Tamil Nadu (@pibchennai) April 19, 2021
The union territory of Puducherry registered 565 fresh coronavirus cases during the last 24 hours, taking the overall tally to 48,336, a top Health department official said on Monday.
Five more people, all in the Puducherry region, succumbed to the virus during the last 24 hours ending 10 AM Monday taking the death toll to 713, a release from the Director of Health Department S Mohan Kumar said.
He said the 565 new cases were identified at the end of the examination of 3,564 samples and they were spread over Puducherry (455), Karakul (53), Yanam (26) and Mahe (31).
As many as 336 patients were discharged after recovery during the last 24 hours, he added.
He further said 7.33 lakh samples were tested so far and 6.66 lakh of them turned out to be negative.
The fatality and recovery rates were 1.48 per cent and 88.82 per cent respectively.
The number of active cases stood at 4,692 which included 3,848 patients in home quarantine.
