Coronavirus: More than one lakh patients cured in Tamil Nadu

CHENNAI: The total number of Covid-19 cases in Tamil Nadu breached the 1.5lakh-mark on Wednesday even as the number of cured people reached 1,02,310.
Tamil Nadu added 4,496 fresh cases on Wednesday pushing the case tally to 1,51,820. In the last 24 hours, 5,000 people were discharged.
While Chennai logged 1,291 cases, its neighbouring districts together reported 627 cases -- Tiruvallur (278), Kancheepuram (163) and Chengalpet (186).
Among southern districts, Madurai reported 341 cases while Tuticorin registered 269 cases.
Virudhunagar logged 175 cases while Tirunelveli recorded 164 cases and Ramanathapuram registered 119 cases.
Sivaganga, Kanyakumari and Dindugul reported 100, 135 and 119 cases respectively.
Tiruvannamalai recorded 124 cases while Vellore and Villupuram registered 97 cases each and Coimbatore reported 104 cases
While all districts recorded cases, 19 districts recorded deaths. Chennai reported 23 deaths, Dindigul and Madurai had five each. Four of the 68 people who died did not have comorbidities.