Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin directed officials to organise awareness campaigns underlining the need to follow Covid-19 protocols like wearing masks and maintaining social distancing.
Overall score is 569 cases in the State; no new infection in Dharmapuri and Kallakurichi Chennai accounted for a little over 40% of the 569 fresh cases of COVID-19 recorded in the State on Tu0esday. The city also accounted for three of the four fatalities reported in the State.
The fresh cases took Tamil Nadu’s overall tally of cases to 8,56,246. While Dharmapuri and Kallakurichi had no new cases, 26 districts reported fewer than 10 cases each.
In Chennai, 236 persons tested positive for COVID-19. Chengalpattu and Coimbatore had 48 and 55 cases respectively, while there were 30 cases in Tiruvallur, 28 in Kancheepuram and 20 in Thanjavur. The cases in other districts are: Salem (19), Tiruppur (16) and Tiruchi (13).