With burgeoning single-day spikes, Tamil Nadu registered 2115 positives today as a result of which the overall positive count has snowballed close to the 55,000 mark.
Chennai: With burgeoning single-day spikes, Tamil Nadu registered 2115 positives today as a result of which the overall positive count has snowballed close to the 55,000 mark. With today's surge, the state has registered 2000 plus cases for the third day in a row.
Chennai continues to be the epicentre of COVID with 1322 positives today.
With 42 persons succumbing to the deadly virus today, (15 private, 26 govt), the COVID toll has risen to 666.
Per the State health bulletin for the day, the Nilgiris district recorded 6 new cases and Tirupur 2, pushing the overall district tally to 30 and 119, respectively.
In some positive news, 1630 persons have been discharged today after successful treatment and recovery. The total of patients who have been discharged post treatment and recovery stands at 30271.