New Covid-19 cases in Tamil Nadu below 10,000 after 61 days

CHENNAI: After 61 days, new Covid-19 cases went below 10,000 in Tamil Nadu with 9,118 cases and 210 deaths recorded in 24 hours ending Thursday. The weekly average of test positivity rate, however, has not come down below 15% in many districts. On Thursday, at least 22,720 people were discharged from various covid facilities. With a recovery rate of 94.5%, active cases count in TN was nearly a lakh.
On April 17, the state reported 9,000 new cases and it peaked to more than 36,000 cases on May 21. Since then fresh cases have been dropping. On Thursday, barring Coimbatore and Erode, which reported 1,227 and 1,041 cases respectively, fresh cases were below 600 in most districts. Chennai reported 559 cases, while Salem reported 598 new cases. Eight districts had fewer than 100 new cases.
The weekly average of new cases dropped to 12,718, compared to 19,441 on June 10 a week ago. Over the same period, average daily deaths dropped from 409 to 289. Despite a drop in the actual number of deaths, the fatality rate - total number of deaths over total number of people testing positive - has been steadily increasing over the last three weeks. The overall CFR in the state has touched 1.3% compared to 1.1% until May 30.