NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI/PUDHUCHERRY, JAN 9
Tamil Nadu on Saturday recorded 761 new COVID-19 infections, pushing the tally to 8,25,537, while the toll mounted to 12,215 with 7 more fatalities.
Recoveries eclipsed the new cases with 882 people getting discharged, totalling to 8,06,018 so far, a bulletin said.
The number of active cases stood at 7,304.
As many as 65,513 samples were tested on Saturday, taking the cumulative total to 1,47,60,619 specimens examined.
Of the 761 cases reported in Tamil Nadu, the State capital logged 218 new infections while the rest was scattered across other districts.
Chennai continued to top the list of the cases with 2,27,575 infections of more than 8.25 lakh reported in Tamil Nadu.
It also topped in the number of fatalities, accounting for 4,044 of the total death toll reported in the state.
Nineteen districts added new cases in single digits while five districts have reported zero deaths in the last 24 hours.
Perambalur and Ramanathapuram recorded ”zero” fresh COVID-19 cases today. However, active cases in the districts remained at two and 82, respectively.
Four individuals who tested positive were returnees from other States.
Two private laboratories, one each in Karur and Salem, received approval for taking up COVID-19 testing, taking the total number of facilities operating in the state to 247 of which 68 are run by government, the bulletin said.
36 new cases of COVID-19, tally reaches 38,425 in Puducherry
Puducherry logged 36 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday, with this the total infection count in the union territory to 38,425. However, no fresh fatality was reported in any of the four regions of Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam during the last 24 hours. Puducherry region accounted for 23 new cases, followed by Karaikal 4, Yanam one and Mahe 8. Director of Health and Family Welfare S Mohan Kumar in a release said the new cases were identified at the end of examination of 3,233 samples.
Fifty one patients were discharged in the last twenty four hours, he said. The Director said the fatality and recovery rates were 1.66 percent and 97.49 percent respectively. A total of 5.12 lakh samples were tested so far in the Union Territory and it was found that 4.69 lakh were negative. The Director also said there were 328 active cases while 37,461 patients recovered and were discharged so far.
