CHENNAI: For the third consecutive day, there has been an increase in the number of fresh
Covid-19 cases in
Tamil Nadu.
On Sunday, a total of 567 people tested positive for the virus. This took the Covid-19 tally to 8,55,121.
As fresh infection rate outpaced discharge rate (521), the number of active cases in the state marginally increased to 3,997.
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The death toll in the state rose to 12,518 with a 78-year-old woman succumbing to the virus in Chennai.
New cases have increased marginally in Coimbatore (49), Trichy (9) and Madurai (9) too, compared to Saturday.