CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu on Thursday reported fresh covid cases from 15 districts which showed varied increase of upto 54 cases. In view of the rise in Covid,  Tamil Nadu Health Department is keen on implementing stringent measures including wearing of masks, social distancing, and increasing the volume of tests, besides massive vaccination drives as 15 districts show fresh spike in Covid-19 cases.

As per reports, Thanjavur reported 248 new cases which are 51 more than that reported on Wednesday. Madurai too, reported slight hike cases. Tiruvannamalai, Kallakurichi, Perambalur, Villupuram, Nilgiris, Sivaganga, and Tirupathur also showed an increase in cases on Thursday. The state health department has already called upon the district administrations to immediately focus on the clusters or areas that are contributing to the new cases.

While the state has been witnessing a steady decline in Covid cases -- both active and fresh cases -- the government has been on a massive vaccination drive across the state. The slight increase in fresh cases have led the health department to send riders to the government for implementing stringent measures again.

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