Tamil Nadu witnesses decline in new Covid cases, deaths remain high at 493

A health worker takes a swab sample from a man for a RT-PCR Covid-19 coronavirus test at a residential area in Chennai on May 30, 2021. (AFP)Premium
A health worker takes a swab sample from a man for a RT-PCR Covid-19 coronavirus test at a residential area in Chennai on May 30, 2021. (AFP)
 1 min read . Updated: 30 May 2021, 10:11 PM IST Staff Writer

Chennai: Tamil Nadu reported new 28,864 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. The state witnessed a decline in fresh cases after the state reported over 30,000 cases on Saturday. The state reported 493 deaths due to the disease in the last 24 hours. The death toll in the state has reached 23,754, according to the health department.

On a positive note, recoveries outnumbered the new cases with 32,982 who were discharged from health care institutions, totaling to 17,39,280, leaving 3,05,546 active infections. The total caseload climbed to 20.68 lakh with 28,864 new cases.

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Coimbatore district witnessed the maximum cases. The district broke its previous records to register a new maximum of cases with 3,537 cases. Chennai reported 2,689 cases, Erode 1,784, Tiruppur 1,496, Salem 1,295, Chengalpet 1,194, and Tiruchirappalli 1,128 new cases. In Chennai, the death toll reached 7,008.

The number of samples tested today was 1,73,351 pushing the cumulative number of specimens examined so far to 2.75 crore. Districts like Cuddalore, Kancheepuram, Kanyakumari, Madurai, Nagapattinam, Nilgiris, Thanjavur, Theni, Tiruvallur, Tiruvannamalai, Tiruvarur, Tuticorin, Villupuram and Virudhunagar reported new cases each in excess of 500 on Sunday.

Among the 493 deceased, 129 succumbed to the virus without any pre-existing illness.

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