TN sees a slight rise in Covid cases

For the fourth consecutive day, the number of fresh infections in Tamilnadu was on the rise.

As many as 1,592 people tested positive in the past 24 hours pushing the State’s case tally to 26.22 lakh.

Chennai reported 165 (167) while Coimbatore reported 229 (244) new cases, according to State Health department data.

After 1,607 persons were discharged, the total number of active cases stood at 16,282. The number of deaths registered was 18 and 1,62,119 samples were tested.

A total of 3,64,965 people were vaccinated on Sunday, taking the total coverage in government centres to 3,31,84,824. Among those inoculated were 2,36,172 people in the 18-44 age group and 99,091 people aged 45 to 59.

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