This story is from September 27, 2021

Active Covid cases in Tamil Nadu rise for 19th day in succession

After three days, the daily count of fresh Covid-19 positive cases dropped below the 1,700-mark in Tamil Nadu on Sunday.
Active Covid cases in Tamil Nadu rise for 19th day in succession
File photo of Covid test in Chennai
CHENNAI: After three days, the daily count of fresh Covid-19 positive cases dropped below the 1,700-mark in Tamil Nadu on Sunday.
The state added 1,694 new cases and 14 deaths to the Covid-19 registry. The number of active cases continue to increase gradually in the state for the nineteenth day in a row. Since September 8, when the state had 16,190 patients, this figure has been on the rise.
At present, there are 17,285 active cases in TN.
This is because the recovery rate has not gone up on a par with the fresh infection count. Three weeks ago, TN was reporting roughly 1,500 new cases every day. It went beyond 1,700 this week. But throughout this time period, the daily discharge rate was around the 1,600-mark i.e., 98%. Experts, however, say this is not the start of a third wave as the test positivity rate (TPR) of all the districts is still below 2%t. On an average, more than 1.5 lakh samples are tested daily at 300 labs. Coimbatore once recorded the highest number of fresh cases (196) with a TPR of 1.8%. Thiruvarur (68) topped the state's TPR chart with 2% of the samples testing positive.
In Chennai, the Covid situation seems to be stable with less than 200 people getting infected every day during the second half of this week. On Sunday, 190 tested positive. Of all the 2,087 patients undergoing treatment in the district, only less than half needed hospitalisation and remaining with mild infection were in home isolation. Greater Chennai Corporation officials attribute this to better vaccine coverage of late.
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