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CHENNAI: Active cases in Tamil Nadu on Monday touched 5,149, crossing the 5,000-mark after nearly 51 days. While 836 fresh cases were reported across the state - highest in 67 days - in the worst-hit Chennai, the count crossed 300-mark for the first time this year to touch to 317. The city's active case count stood at 2,023 on Monday.
On January 23, active cases in the state dropped to 4,984 cases for the first time since May, 10, 2020. Cases continued to fall until the second week of February when reports about fresh clusters started emerging almost every day from Chennai, Chengalpet, Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, Coimbatore, Tirupur and Thanjavur districts.