This story is from July 11, 2020

Tamil Nadu records 3,680 new Covid-19 cases, 64 deaths

Chennai and three neighbouring districts maintained a decline in Covid-19 positive numbers, accounting for only around 48% of the 3,680 fresh cases Tamil Nadu reported on Friday. While this pushed the state’s Covid-19 tally beyond 1.3 lakh, the active cases were much lower at 46,105.
Tamil Nadu records 3,680 new Covid-19 cases, 64 deaths
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CHENNAI: Chennai and three neighbouring districts maintained a decline in Covid-19 positive numbers, accounting for only around 48% of the 3,680 fresh cases Tamil Nadu reported on Friday. While this pushed the state’s Covid-19 tally beyond 1.3 lakh, the active cases were much lower at 46,105.
The state also recorded 64 deaths, the youngest being a 19-month-old boy from Kancheepuram with neurological issues.
On Thursday too, a 25-day-old child with severe morbidity had died. Paediatricians, however, said parents with babies need not panic as the impact of the infection was less in children compared to adults and they also recovered faster. TN’s official death toll stands at 1,829.
On a positive note, the number of people discharged following treatment crossed the 4,000-mark for the first time on Friday. The state’s overall discharge count increased to 82,324.
“Given the ‘No Drug of Choice’ situation, the government is trying all possible options including plasma therapy to treat patients. So far, 13 out of 20 patients recovered through this,” said C Vijayabaskar, state health minister.
After testing a record number of samples on Thursday (42,369), there was a 11% drop in testing rate on Friday (37,309).
Although the situation has improved, Chennai is still a hotspot, said Union health minister Harsh Vardhan, who held a teleconference with Tamil Nadu ministers on Friday. Chennai logged 1,205 cases on Friday, the fourth day the count has been in the 1,200s. Its three neighbouring districts -- Chengalpattu (242), Tiruvallur (219) and Kancheepuram (61) -- together reported 522 cases. All four districts were under an intense lockdown for three weeks till July 6..

The southern districts of Tuticorin (195), Madurai (192), Tirunelveli (145), Theni (108) and Kanyakumari (105) were among the worst-affected.
Salem, whose curve showed a steady rise, recorded 127 new cases and Trichy (109 cases) crossed the three-digit figure for the first time on Friday.
As far as infection among passengers from other states and countries were concerned, a total of 44 people tested positive at air, road, rail and sea surveillance camps. So far, 4,219 people who returned to TN tested positive.
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