The Covid-19 situation in Tamil Nadu is a mixture of hope and despair as on Wednesday. While a total of 4,496 persons were diagnosed with Covid-19 on Wednesday (less than Tuesday’s 4,526), the number of active cases in the State too came down on Wednesday. The medical bulletin issued by Tamil Nadu Government said there were 47, 340 active covid patients in the State on Wednesday. This is less than Tuesday’s numbers- 47,912.
The day also saw 5,000 persons coming out of hospitals, fully cured of the pandemic. This took the total number of persons in the State who were cured of the disease to 1.02 lakh.
The death toll continued to be in the higher side as 68 persons succumbed to the coronavirus on Wednesday. Out of this, 64 persons had pre-existing morbidity (chronic diseases). The total number of persons tested positive for covid-19 till date in the State reached 1.51 lakh by Wednesday.
Coming to the negative news, Chennai reported an increase in the number of persons tested positive on Wednesday.
The day saw 1.291 new persons getting diagnosed with Covid. Chengalpet (186), Kancheepuram (163), Thiruvallur (278) , Madurai (341), Virudhunagar (175), Thoothukudi (269) continued to be problematic districts because of the increased numbers of covid patients.
Out of the 38 districts in the State, 14 districts had more than 100 patients each.