Madurai
A total of 346 people tested positive for COVID-19 here on Tuesday. The total tally of cases is 10,392 as on date. Of the 346 cases, one was imported, according to the State Health bulletin.
As many as 73 people were discharged from various treatment facilities taking the total number of discharged to 7,882. Six patients succumbed to COVID-19 on Tuesday taking the death toll to 222. As on date, the total number of active cases is 2,288.
Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Kanniyakumari and Tenkasi districts jointly recorded 1,041 fresh cases even as hospitals are crowded.
Thoothukudi’s tally crossed the 6,000-mark on Tuesday with the addition of 381 cases to reach 6,278 infections. The district has 2,495 active cases after 319 patients were discharged from hospitals.
Having recorded 387 new COVID-19 cases, Tirunelveli’s tally rose to 4,350 and the number of active cases stood at 1,738 after 87 cases were discharged. Kanniyakumari district had 223 cases that jacked up the district’s total number of infections to 4,073 and the active cases to 2,076.
Tenkasi added 50 more fresh cases that took the district’s tally to 1,844 and the number of active cases to 892 as 68 cases were discharged from the hospitals.
