32 deaths, 1,166 new cases in south TN
Madurai: With 1 ,166 fresh Covid-19 cases recorded on Friday, the tally in the southern districts touched 72,603. As on Friday, there were 12,843 activeCovid-19 cases in southern districts. Meanwhile, 32 more Covid deaths were reported on Friday in southern districts.
Theni district has once again managed to cross the 300 mark with 367 new cases being recorded on Friday.
This district also had the highest number of deaths on Friday—eight out of the 32.
Theni, which saw the highest number of single day cases on Friday, now became the only southern district to have over 2,000 active cases with 3,188 active cases. Of the new 367 cases, 165 were male, 166 female and 36 children. According to official sources, as many as 3,218 samples were tested on Friday. The highest number of positive cases was reported from Bodinaickanur block with 106 new cases followed by Chinnamanur with 83 cases, and Theni reported 59 cases. Uthamapalayam had 34 new cases, Periyakulam 28, Andipatti 25 and Cumbum 21. Of the eight deaths reported, two were female and six were male.
Theni, which saw the highest number of single day cases on Friday, now became the only southern district to have over 2,000 active cases with 3,188 active cases. Of the new 367 cases, 165 were male, 166 female and 36 children. According to official sources, as many as 3,218 samples were tested on Friday. The highest number of positive cases was reported from Bodinaickanur block with 106 new cases followed by Chinnamanur with 83 cases, and Theni reported 59 cases. Uthamapalayam had 34 new cases, Periyakulam 28, Andipatti 25 and Cumbum 21. Of the eight deaths reported, two were female and six were male.
Madurai saw a sharp decline in fresh cases with just 46 new cases being recorded on Friday, which took the total active cases in the district to 1,057. The district with an average of 3,500 samples being tested on a daily basis, has crossed 1.89 lakh tests till date.
The positivity rate has also come to about 6.2% in the district with the decline in cases. District collector Dr T G Vinay said that they now expected the numbers to stay less than 100 per day and eventually dip further.
All the other districts reported less than 200 cases on Friday. Dindigul reported 138, Kanyakumari 128, and Tirunelveli with 117 were the only districts to have over 100 cases. Tenkasi had 93 new cases, Virudhunagar 90, Sivaganga 70, Tuticorin 60, Ramanathapuram 57 and Madurai 46.
Out of the deaths, Theni reported eight deaths, Kanyakumari five, Tenkasi and Tirunelveli four each, Dindigul and Sivaganga three each, Virudhunagar two and Madurai and Ramanathapuram one each.
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