NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, AUG 5
New COVID-19 infections in Tamil Nadu rose to 1,997 on Thursday pushing the caseload to 25,69,398, while 33 people succumbed to the virus, aggregating to 34,230 fatalities, the health department said.
Recoveries for the first time in several weeks were lower when compared to new infections, with 1,943 people getting discharged in the last 24 hours, aggregating to 25,15,030, leaving 20,138 active infections.
Coimbatore topped the new infections among districts with 220 people contracting the contagion, followed by Chennai 196, Erode 161, Chengalpet 130, Thanjavur 119 and Thiruvallur 106.
Tenkasi recorded the least with eight new cases.
A total of 1,58,797 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, pushing the cumulative number of specimens examined to 3,82,11,132 till date, a bulletin said.
As many as 29 districts reported new cases in double digits, while there were no fresh deaths in 22 districts.
Among the 33 fatalities, 28 succumbed to the virus in government while five in private health care facilities.
Nine of the deceased were without comorbidity or pre-existing illness which include a 29-year-old man from Salem who tested positive on May 23.
The patient died on May 24 due to COVID-19 pneumonia.
Among those who tested positive today were two returnees from Maharashtra, the bulletin added.
