State’s vaccination coverage crosses 5-crore mark

On a day when fresh COVID-19 infections fell below 1,400 in Tamil Nadu, the State’s vaccination coverage crossed five crore.

As many as 1,390 people tested positive on Thursday, taking the State’s tally to 26,74,233. Chennai continued to report the most number of cases at 173. Coimbatore followed with 145 cases, while there were 107 cases in Chengalpattu. In Erode, 85 people tested positive, while Thanjavur recorded 76 infections. There were 75 cases in Tiruppur, 62 in Tiruvarur, 60 in Namakkal and 55 in Tiruvallur.

Another 27 people succumbed to the infection, taking the toll to 35,734. Coimbatore recorded seven deaths, while there were three deaths in Chennai.