Chennai, Sep 30 (UNI) The cumulative tally of COVID-19 positive cases rose to 5,97,602 in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, after the State registered 5,659 fresh infections while the death toll rose to 9,520 as 67 more patients succumbed to the virus.
Health department in its bulletin said of the 67 deaths, 46 were reported in government hospitals and 21 in private hospitals.
The total number of active cases stood at 46,263.
A total of 86,928 samples were tested by RT-PCR in the last 24 hours taking the total number of samples tested till date to 73,54,050.
A total of 5,610 patients were discharged in the day, taking the count of recovered cases to 5,41,819.
Chennai recorded 1,295 fresh cases today, taking the city’s caseload to 1,67,376 while the death toll increased to 3,210 with 16 more fatalities.
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