The Covid-19 pandemic is subsiding in Tamil Nadu, though not in a big way. According to a bulletin issued on Tuesday evening by the Department of Health, barring the districts of Chengalpet, Chennai, Coimbatore and Cuddalore (the 4C districts), the coronavirus induced pandemic is showing signs of stabilizing and subsiding.
While the entire State diagnosed 5, 684 new patients on Tuesday after testing 81,066 persons, 6,599 patients were discharged on a single day after it was confirmed that they were cured of the disease.
The day also saw 87 persons succumbing to the pandemic taking the death toll to 8,012.
Chennai registered 988 new patients while Chengalpet (364), Coimbatore (446) and Cuddalore (407) had considerably low number of new cases. Thiruvallur (277) and Thiruvannamalai (242) were the other districts with high number of cases.
The bulletin said as on Tuesday, there were 50, 213 active patients in the State. Tamil Nadu is returning to normalcy with intra district buses and metro resuming services, though with reduced numbers.
Migrant laborers who had left for their hometowns following the lockdown are returning to Chennai and other commercial hubs in small batches.