Sharp spike of Covid cases in TN

Amid concerns in view of the Omicron variant, Tamilnadu reported 739 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday night, an increase from 619 cases it reported on Tuesday.

Along with Chennai, which reported the sharpest increase of 100 cases to 294 new cases, its neighbours Kancheepuram and Thiruvallur reported an increase of 13 and 11 cases each. On Wednesday, cases in Kancheepuram rose to 31 while Thiruvallur logged 33.

In Coimbatore, 78 people tested positive for the infection, while there were 34 cases in Erode, 28 in Salem and 24 in Tiruppur. While three districts — Kallakurichi, Mayiladuthurai and Tenkasi — had no fresh case, 21 districts logged fewer than 10 cases each.

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