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Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 1 (ANI): In the wake of heavy rainfall, schools and educational institutes in four districts of Tamil Nadu - Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai and Thanjavur- have been shut, officials said on Thursday.

Chennai Apr 20 PTI Tamil Nadu on Wednesday recorded 27 new COVID-19 infections including those of four returnees from Canada and pushed the tally to 3453351 so far the Health Department said The overall death toll remained unchanged at 38025 with zero fatalities getting recorded in the last 24 hours a bulletin said Twenty-three people got discharged aggregating to 3415083 leaving 243 active infections the bulletin said Chennai accounted for most of the new coronavirus infections with 16 people testing positive followed by Chengalpet with five while Coimbatore Erode Ramanathapuram Ranipet Salem Tiruvallur recorded one case each The State capital city of Chennai recorded 751335 cases till date A total of 16583 samples were tested in the last 24 hours pushing the cumulative number of specimens examined to 65981288 Among those who tested positive were 13 men and 18 women the bulletin said PTI VIJ NVG NVG

Chennai Mar 19 PTI Four districts reported zero active Covid-19 cases as Tamil Nadu on Saturday logged 58 new infections pushing the caseload to 3452334 while the death toll remained unchanged with 38025 fatalities the Health department said Recoveries outnumbered new cases with 118 people getting discharged in the last 24 hours aggregating to 3413639 leaving 670 active infections a medical bulletin said Chennai reported a marginal increase with 24 new cases on Saturday as compared to 19 yesterday while the remaining districts reported new cases in single digit The state capital also leads among districts with 750877 cases overall Ariyalur Karur Mayiladuthurai Ranipet and Villupuram recorded zero active infections each A total of 36324 samples were tested in the last 24 hours pushing the cumulative number of specimens examined to 65231238 the bulletin said PTI VIJ VIJ SS SS

Chennai Mar 18 PTI Tamil Nadu on Friday added 61 new Covid-19 infections and pushed the overall tally to 3452276 while fatalities remained unchanged with 38025 said the Department of Health Recoveries eclipsed new cases with 127 people getting discharged in the last 24 hours aggregating to 3413521 leaving 730 active infections a bulletin said Chennai added 19 new cases while the remaining districts added new cases in single digit The State capital leads in overall cases with 750853 infections among districts As many as five districts -- Ariyalur Karur Mayiladuthurai Ranipet Villupuram reported zero active infections A total of 38500 samples were tested in the last 24 hours and pushed the cumulative number of specimens examined to 65194914 the bulletin said PTI VIJ VIJ NVG NVG

Chennai Feb 28 PTI Continuing to report a downtrend in new COVID-19 cases Tamil Nadu added 366 infections pushing the tally to 3449373 while the death toll mounted to 38004 with one more fatality the health department said Recoveries eclipsed new cases with 1013 people getting discharged in the last 24 hours aggregating to 3405624 leaving 5745 active infections a medical bulletin said After reporting new cases in triple digits for several weeks infections in Chennai dropped to 96 followed by Coimbatore adding 54 cases Chengalpet 40 while 24 districts reported new cases in single digit The state capital also leads in the overall tally with 749946 infections among districts Mayiladuthurai Perambalur Tenkasi Tiruvarur and Tirunelveli and Villupuram each reported nil new cases in the last 24 hours A total of 55994 samples were tested in the last 24 hours pushing the cumulative number of specimens examined to 64398334 Meanwhile Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ma Subramanian said six more government medical colleges were required in the state and a team would be making a request to the Union Health Ministry during its visit to New Delhi later The six medical colleges were planned to be set up in Perambalur Mayiladuthurai Tenkasi Ranipet Kancheepuram and Tirupathur he said Subramanian said the 11 medical colleges inaugurated in January by Prime Minister Narendra Modi have commenced admission process and today 100 students are being welcomed at the medical college in Tiruvallur With the addition of the 100 students it is happy to note that the total number of students admitted to medical colleges increases to 1550 this year he said PTI VIJ VIJ HDA HDA

Chennai Feb 22 PTI Tamil Nadu recorded 671 coronavirus cases and eight deaths on Tuesday The cases breached the 500-mark but there was a decline in fresh infections The total infected so far is 3446388 and the fatalities were 37989 After treatment 2375 got discharged today and the cumulative recoveries were 3396078 The total active cases including isolation further declined to 12321 from 14033 on Monday a bulletin here said Two from Jharkhand and as many from West Bengal added to the 671 new cases the bulletin said Chennai which did not record any fatality since the last couple of days reported one death and took the fatalities till date to 9057 Cases declined further to 169 today from 191 cases on Monday The metros net recoveries including todays 438 mounted to 737691 The active cases dropped to 2423 from 2690 a day ago Chennais positive cases remain at 749171 Coimbatore saw 96 cases they were 115 on Monday Chengalpattu recorded 78 new infections as against 86 Nearly 22 out of 38 districts registered cases in single digit with Ranipet Tenkasi and Thirupathur registering a single infection each About 13 districts saw cases below 50 PTI JSP NVG NVG

Chennai Dec 31 PTI Tamil Nadu on Friday reported a surge in new cases of Omicron with 76 cases being infected with the new variant of the coronavirus With this the total infected was 120 thereby breaching the triple digit-mark in the State the Health Department said Till Thursday the total cases stood at 46 According to a bulletin here the department received 115 results of the 117 samples which were sent to the National Institute of Virology Pune after they were detected with S gene drop variant S gene drop detection in a sample is believed that the person might be infected with Omicron The bulletin said Of the 115 results received 74 have been identified as Omicron variant and 41 as Delta variant Results of the two samples were yet to be received it said With the existing 46 infections already declared the addition of the 74 cases identified in the present set through whole genomic sequencing the total Omicron cases is 120 the bulletin said While the new infections recorded a rise the recoveries also grew with 66 people getting discharged from hospitals As on date the Omicron cases under treatment was 52 the bulletin said Chennai topped the list of districts with Omicron with 95 cases followed by Chengalpet five Madurai four Thiruvallur three Places like Salem Thiruvarur Coimbatore Pudukottai Thanjavur Tiruchirappalli Ranipet reported one case each the bulletin said PTI VIJ NVG NVG

Chennai Dec 25 PTI Tamil Nadu on Saturday reported 606 new Covid-19 infections including three returnees from the United Kingdom Europe and Africa aggregating to 2743427 while the death toll rose to 36725 with 11 more deaths the Health Department said Recoveries eclipsed new infections with 685 people getting discharged in the last 24 hours totalling 2699994 leaving 6708 active infections a bulletin said A total of 101185 samples were tested in the last 24 hours pushing the cumulative number of specimens examined to 56826433 The State capital witnessed a sharp increase accounting majority of new infections with 165 cases followed by Coimbatore 87 Chengalpet 50 while the remaining were scattered across other districts As many as 24 districts reported new Covid-19 infections below 10 while Mayiladuthurai Nagapattinam Ranipet recorded nil cases the bulletin said PTI VIJ VIJ NVG NVG

Chennai Dec 23 PTI Three persons including the first Omicron case reported in Tamil Nadu a 47-year-old man who returned from Nigeria and two of his family members have tested negative and were discharged on Thursday Tamil Nadu Minister Ma Subramanian said The Minister for Medical and Family Welfare after visiting the patients at the King Institute of Preventive Medicine and Research said the three patients had completely recovered and were discharged from the hospital On December 15 the State reported its Omicron case when the 47-year-old patient was detected with the new variant on his arrival here from Nigeria via Doha The individual his sister and sisters daughter have recovered and dischargedThey have been advised to stay under home isolation for seven days Subramanian said Five more family members of the trio currently under treatment for Omicron at the hospital are expected to be discharged on Friday he said With three persons getting discharged today the total number of people who are under treatment stands at 31 he said Earlier in the day an online meeting was conducted by the Union Health Ministry in which the health secretaries of various states participated The meeting was to discuss the preventive measures to be taken to control the spread of Omicron variant of the virus he said Tomorrow a similar meeting will be chaired by Chief Minister M K Stalin at the Secretariat he said To a query whether 33 people were detected with Omicron on a single day Subramanian clarified that they were not infected on a single day and the announcement to the public was made based on the lab reports sent by the National Institute of Virology at Pune to the state government Noting that the Omicron variant has the ability to spread fast he said maintaining social distancing during festivities holds significance The good news is that even if someone is affected by Omicron he does not require to be under oxygen support However Tamil Nadu is geared to handle such situation with adequate medical infrastructure he said On the vaccination front the minister said vaccine hesitancy was high in places like Vellore Ranipet and Tirupathur We created awareness campaign on vaccination through volunteers in these areasThis week we will be holding similar awareness camps in Mayiladuthurai As many as 93 lakh people have not received their second dose of Covid vaccination and they should make use of the mega vaccination camp scheduled to be held on December 26 he added PTI VIJ BN BN