CHENNAI:
Tamil Nadu on Wednesday reported 945 fresh
Covid-19 cases and eight deaths. The case tally reached 862,374 while death toll rose to 12,564.
It was on January 2 that the state last reported more than 900 hundred cases. There were more than 8,200 active cases then. On Wednesday, there were 5,811 people seeking treatment for the viral infection.
Chennai reported 395 cases and five deaths. Coimbatore recorded 107 cases followed by Chengalpet (103), Tiruvallur (56) and Kancheepuram 30. Tirupur and Thanjavur reported 22 and 10 cases respectively. Perambalur was the only district to report zero new cases.
There were one death each in Chengalpet, Tiruvannamalai and Vellore districts.