Covid-19 claimed 97 lives while 5,864 new persons were diagnosed with the pandemic during the last 24 hours, according to the medical bulletin issued by the Government of Tamil Nadu on Thursday.
While the number of fatalities on Thursday exceeded that of Wednesday, the number of new persons tested positive showed a fall from that of Wednesday (6,426). As on Thursday, there were 57,962 active covid-19 patients in the State. The total number of persons tested positive for the pandemic till date crossed 2.39 lakh by Thursday. The day saw 5,295 patients getting cured and discharged from hospitals which took the number of total persons who got cured till date to 1.78 lakh. The total fatalities in the State till date reached 3,838 on Thursday.
While 1,175 new persons in Chennai were identified with Covid-19, the districts of Chengalpet (354), Kancheepuram (175) and Thiruvallur (325) remained critical.
