Tamil Nadu's Positivity Rate Crosses 10%, Nearly 14,000 New Covid Cases
NDTV
Tamil Nadu has tightened restrictions ahead of the Pongal festival and extended lockdown curbs till January 31.
Tamil Nadu reported 13,990 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, with the state's positivity rate soaring above 10 per cent, as the state imposed new restrictions in view of the Pongal festival.
The new cases were detected among the 1,35,266 samples tested today. Besides, 11 deaths were also reported in the state that increased its death count to 36,866.
Of the new cases, Chennai accounted for 6,190 fresh infections followed by Chengalpattu with 1,696 and Thiruvallur 1,054 new cases. On Sunday, 12,895 new cases were detected in the state.
No new case of the new Omicron variant was detected across the state on Monday, according to the state health bulletin.
