chennai tamil nadu added six new infections of covid19 on thursday including one passenger who travelled from the united arab emirates there were one infection each in chennai chengalpet kancheepuram erode and ranipet districts according to the directorate of public health with these there are a total of 45 active cases of the viral infection in the state registry among them 11 are admitted to hospitals and the others are in home isolation none of the patients in hospitals are on oxygen support or in intensive care unit icu the state drew samples from more than 3800 patients for rtpcr test