As many as 817 persons tested positive for coronavirus over the past 24 hours while six Covid-19 patients lost their lives in Tamil Nadu, the Health Department said.
Chennai:
According to the Health Department, 817 persons tested positive for coronavirus taking the total tally to 18,545.
The deaths on Tuesday with six persons breathing their last and taking to death toll to 133.
A total of 567 Covid-19 patients were discharged from various hospitals in the state taking the total tally to 9,909.
On Wednesday 11,231 samples were tested taking the total to 4.42 lakh.
The state capital Chennai with its high density of population continued to see the highest number of infections at 558, taking its total tally to 12,203.
The number of infected children in the age group 0-12 went up to 1,088.
The total number of active cases in Tamil Nadu stands at 8,500.