This story is from August 8, 2020

Chennai coronavirus count goes below 1,000 after 52 days; 119 deaths across Tamil Nadu

For the first time in 52 days, Chennai recorded fewer than 1,000 fresh Covid-19 cases on Friday. According to a state health bulletin, the hotspot reported 984 cases with 1,103 recoveries and 24 deaths for the day.
Chennai coronavirus count goes below 1,000 after 52 days; 119 deaths across Tamil Nadu
Active cases in Chennai stand at 52,759
CHENNAI: For the first time in 52 days, Chennai recorded fewer than 1,000 fresh Covid-19 cases on Friday. According to a state health bulletin, the hotspot reported 984 cases with 1,103 recoveries and 24 deaths for the day.
According to Greater Chennai Corporation data released on Friday, the number of active cases in six of the city’s 15 zones has now dropped to 10% of the total cases reported there.
Manali zone, for instance, had only 77 active cases, which was just 4% of its total case load.
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However, the city’s fatality rate continues to be high at 2.12%, with Teynampet recording the highest death rate of 3.02%. As per corporation surveys, the zone has the maximum number of senior citizens and people with comorbidities such as diabetes and hypertension.
Incidentally, TN recorded its highest death toll of 119 for a single day on Friday, taking the state’s fatalities to 4,690 while 6,488 patients were discharged eclipsing 5,880 fresh cases. TN’s case count touched 2,85,024 with 5,800-plus new infections and active cases stood at 52,759.
Covid-19 tally below 1,000 but daily toll highest
The number of fresh Covid-19 cases in Chennai fell below 1,000 on Friday, for the first time in 52 days, while the state recorded its highest toll with119 deaths.

Chennai had 984 of the 5,880 fresh cases in the state, which pushed up the case tally to 2,85,024. The cumulative death toll was 4,690. Active cases stood at 52,759.
On June 3, hotspot Chennai reported fresh cases in four digits for the first time after recording 816 cases the previous day. For one day on June 16, the city reported 919 cases. On June 30, Chennai reported its highest 2,393 cases, which was 61% of the 3,943 fresh cases in the state on that day.
While many zones in Chennai have managed to drastically bring down active cases to less than 10%, high case fatality rate in zones such as Teynampet continues to worry public health experts. On Friday, 24 deaths were reported from Chennai.
Chennai’s three neighbouring districts together had 873 fresh cases -Chengalpet 319, Kancheepuram 166 and Tiruvallur 388. Ranipet had 253 cases, Tiruvannamalai 252, Cuddalore 212 , Vellore 158, and Kallakuruchi 139. Together the 11 northern districts including Chennai added 3,010 fresh cases and accounted for 52% of the deaths (63). At the end of the day, 54% (28, 988) of cases still under treatment were in these 11 districts.
The 10 southern districts together reported 1,501 cases and 29 deaths. Eight of the districts recorded a rise in three digits – Theni (351), Tirunelveli (200), Tuticorin (195), Kanyakumari (187), Dindigul (134), Tenkasi (117), Madurai (109) and Virudhunagar(101). Ramananathapuram (43) and Sivaganga (64) recorded a bouble-digit increase. Tuticorin had six deaths and Kanyakumari five. There are 14,552 active cases in these districts.
The central districts together had 763 cases compared to 603 in the west. However, the eight western districts together reported 19 deaths – including six in Salem and five in Coimbatore --compared to eight in the central zone. Coimbatore had 228 fresh cases, and Thanjavur in the central region had 217 cases. Pudukottai (173) and Trichy (105)in the central zone and Salem (168) reported a three-digit increase. Nilgiris (13) reported the lowest rise followed by Dharmarpuri(16). While the central districts had 4,599 active cases, the west had 4,390.
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