Chennai: Tamil Nadu recorded zero coronavirus deaths on Friday for the first time in the last two years as the state recorded 112 new coronavirus cases and zero deaths on Friday.
The state has reported 38,023 COVID-19 deaths since the outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020. TN health secretary Radhakrishnan said, “Tamil Nadu reported zero COVID-19 deaths on Friday and the cases also came down gradually. Next advice from experts, people should follow the protocol without fail. I ask people to take vaccines without fail. I appeal.”
On Friday, of the 112 new coronavirus cases, the highest number of cases were reported from Chennai, as 42 patients tested positive for the virus. After Chennai, Coimbatore (13) reported the next highest number of cases followed by Chengalpattu (12). Less than 10 or no cases were reported in the remaining districts.
The districts which reported zero cases include Ariyalur, Dindigul, Kallakurichi, Kanyakumari, Karur, Madurai, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Perambalur, Pudukottai, Ranipet, Sivagangai, Theni, Tirupattur, Thoothukudi and Villupuram.
There are a total of 1,461 active coronavirus cases in the state.
The state reported the first death of a person due to COVID-19 at Government Rajaji General Hospital, Madurai on March 25, 2020. A 54-year-old businessman with comorbidities had died of the infection despite isolation and treatment.
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So far, the state has witnessed the highest single-day death toll during the second wave of the pandemic with 493 deaths on May 30, 2021.
According to doctors, most of the deaths have occurred in patients with other diseases including BP, diabetes and thyroid.
In the third wave, the death rate was higher among non-vaccinated people.
Even studies have shown that people who received both doses of the vaccine required less intensive care than those who did not get vaccinated.