TN records 366 new COVID-19 infections
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 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
