CHENNAI: After a month, active cases on Thursday dropped to 2,13,534 from 2,13692 on Wednesday, when the state added 28,515 new cases. However, despite the decrease in fresh and active cases, deaths continued to climb to 53 on Thursday.
With 13 deaths in Chennai and seven from Coimbatore, the cumulative toll touched 37,412. “The increase in deaths happens for some time after fresh and active cases fall. We saw in the two consecutive waves in 2020 and 2021,” said health secretary J Radhakrishnan. “Complications and deaths occur at least a week after a person is tested positive,” he said.