States »SoutPosted at: Apr 20 2021 7:03PM

TN daily covid tally inches closer to 11,000 mark, 48 deaths reported

Chennai, Apr 20 (UNI) The number of daily COVID positive cases

in Tamil Nadu inched closer to 11,000 mark, while 48 deaths were

reported in the State on Tuesday.

A bullet in issued by the Health department here said 1,01,329

samples were tested of which 10,986 people tested positive today

taking the total number of cases to 10,13,378.

A total of 48 deaths were reported taking the tally to 13,205.

It said 6,250 people were discharged after treatment taking the

total recoveries to 9,20,369, while the total number of active

cases stood at 79,804.

Chennai city continued to see a upsurge in cases with 3,711

people testing positive, followed by Chengalpattu, where it

crossed the 1,000-mark at 1,029 cases and Coimbatore 686.

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