State logs less than 100 cases for second day in a row
The Hindu
14 districts report nil cases; 33 persons test positive for COVID-19 in Chennai
For the second day in a row, Tamil Nadu reported fewer than 100 COVID-19 cases. While 86 persons tested positive for the infection across the State, 14 of 38 districts had zero fresh cases on Monday.
In Chennai, 33 persons tested positive for COVID-19, while there were 11 cases in Coimbatore. The remaining 22 districts had fewer than 10 cases each. Of this, nine districts had a single case each. So far, the State recorded a total of 34,51,996 cases of COVID-19.
One person succumbed to the infection in Cuddalore. The State has reported 38,024 deaths so far.
As many as 204 persons were discharged after treatment. This took the total number of recoveries to 34,12,918. A total of 40,825 samples were tested, taking the total number of samples tested to 6,50,47,297.
A private laboratory — Bharathi Lab, Tiruchi — was approved for COVID-19 testing recently. As of date, there were 335 testing facilities in the State, which included 266 private facilities.
The State’s positivity rate stood at 0.2%. As per Sunday’s data, Chennai had the highest positivity rate of 0.7%.
With another 52,175 persons vaccinated in the State, the total coverage of government vaccination centres reached 9,87,54,118.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.