Fresh COVID-19 cases fell further in Tamil Nadu as 11,993 persons tested positive for the infection on Thursday. The State’s overall positivity rate dropped below 10%.
With 1,30,841 samples tested, the State’s positivity rate fell to 9.2%. Of the fresh cases, Chennai’s daily tally dropped below 2,000 as the city logged 1,751 cases. Coimbatore followed with 1,426 cases, while Chengalpattu and Tiruppur recorded 1,097 and 1,017 cases respectively. A total of 689 persons tested positive for the infection in Erode, while there were 578 cases in Salem.