covid cases tn
April 20, 2021 02:13 pm | Updated 02:13 pm IST
image/svg+xml 1 million and rising sharply Tamil Nadu's overall tally of COVID-19 cases since the pandemic broke out crossed one million on Monday, making it the fourth State to reach the fgure after Maharashtra, Kerala and Karnataka. The jump from nine lakh to 10 lakh cases took the shortest time, indicating the intensity of the second wave 10,02,392 CASES 13,157 DEATHS (1.31%) 75,116 ACTIVE CASES 9,14,119 RECOVERIES (91.19%) 2.13 CRORE TESTS PERFORMED 118 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 22 16 17 17 18 21 53 112 14 The number of days it took to add successive one lakh cases to the tally Though the age-group wise number of people getting afected has largely remained the same, the graph shows that while the percentage of afected people in the 13 to 60 age group declined after the frst wave, it has been witnessing a surge during the second wave 1 lakh 2 lakh 3 lakh 4 lakh 5 lakh 6 lakh 7 lakh 8 lakh 9 lakh 10 lakh 4.5 19.9 3.3 18.1 1.2 8.5 2 12.1 3 13.9 4 13.7 4.7 13 5.1 12.8 4.9 12 3.4 75.6 78.6 90.2 85.9 83.1 82.3 82.3 82.1 83 81.5 15.1 0 TO 12 YEARS 13 TO 60 YEARS 60+ YEARS TOP SIX STATES WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF ACTIVE CASES Parameter Maharashtra Uttar Pradesh Karnataka Chhattisgarh Kerala Tamil Nadu Active cases 6,72,037 1,91,457 1,33,562 1,28,019 94,009 75,116 Total cases (in lakh) 38.4 8.5 11.6 5.4 12.4 10.0 Cases per million 31,178 3,580 17,185 18,509 34,718 12,877 Total deaths 60,473 9,830 13,351 5,908 4,929 13,157 CFR 1.58 1.15 1.15 1.08 0.4 1.31 Tests per million 1,93,709 1,60,863 3,49,211 2,22,941 3,99,775 2,69,225 Source: Tamil Nadu Health and Family Welfare Department, www.mohfw.gov.in | Population data based on UIDAI's projection as of December 31, 2020 HOW THE STATE RANKS IN VARIOUS PARAMETERS 1,10,000 90,000 70,000 50,000 30,000 10,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 Tamil Nadu is witnessing a consistent rise in the test positivity rate (TPR). On Monday, the TPR was 9.99%. The graph shows the fve-day rolling average of tests performed and the fve-day rolling average of cases in the past year April 19, 2020 April 19, 2021 (LAKH) DAYS Case fatality rate 11 th Total cases 4 th Total deaths 3 rd CASES PERSONS TESTED (LEFT AXIS) Tests per million 11 th Cases per million 13 th 
