This story is from July 6, 2020

Covid-19: New infections drop in Chennai, rise in districts

The number of new infections dropped below 2,000 cases for the second day in a row in Chennai, but number of people testing positive for Covid-19 in other districts is on the rise.
Covid-19: New infections drop in Chennai, rise in districts
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CHENNAI: The number of new infections dropped below 2,000 cases for the second day in a row in Chennai, but number of people testing positive for Covid-19 in other districts is on the rise.
On Sunday, Tamil Nadu reported 4,150 new cases. Of this, 56 % were from Chennai (1,713) and its three neighbouring districts -- Kancheepuram (152), Tiruvallur (209) and Chengalpet (274).
Two weeks ago, these four districts together contributed 72% of total cases in Tamil Nadu.
Of the remaining 44% cases reported on Sunday from other districts, majority were from Madurai (308), Vellore (179), Thiruvannamalai (141), Virudhunagar (113) and Villupuram (109).
With this, the total number of active cases in the state increased to 46,860.
Besides new cases, death rate was also on the rise in others districts of TN. Of the 60 deaths reported on Sunday, almost 30% were from districts and the remaining 42 were from Chennai and its surroundings.
Two-thirds of the victims were above 60 of age and had comorbidities such as diabetes and hypertension. A 29-year-old female from Chennai with thymoma (rare tumour) was the youngest victim on Sunday.
Only three people without any comorbidity died due to respiratory failure and all were aged below 60 and lived in and around Chennai. With these deaths, the state's Covid toll crossed the 1,500-mark on Sunday --fourth highest in the country. As far as testing was concerned, there has been a minor drop in number of samples tested from 36,164 on Saturday to 34,831 on Sunday.
One private lab (SRM Institutes for Medical Sciences, Chennai) has been newly approved for Covid-19 testing taking the total number of approved labs in the state to 95. Passengers from other states and countries continued to add up to the state's caseload. With 73 more people testing positive at air, rail and road surveillance camps on Sunday, total number of passengers who returned with infections increased to 3,858. It was around 1,700 same time last month and numbers have doubled since then.
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