316 cases were linked to state capital Chennai.
Chennai:
Tamil Nadu on Thursday recorded 580 new coronavirus cases, taking the total number of infections to 5,409.
The toll due to the disease rose to 37.
A 56-year old woman with co-morbid conditions admitted to the Kilpauk hospital and a 48-year-old female treated at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital died of the contagion, a health department bulletin said.
The trend of high number of fresh cases seen in the last couple of days continued and there are 3,822 active cases as on date.
Till now 2,02,436 samples have been taken and sent for testing. COVID-19 testing is done in 36 Government and 16 Private labs all over Tamil Nadu.