nSunday saw 4,244 new persons testing positive for Covid-19 in Tamil Nadu while 68 deaths were reported in the State in the last 24 hours, according to a medical bulletin by the Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine.
Out of the 4,244 persons diagnosed with Covid-19 in the State, 1,168 were from Chennai. The three neighbouring districts Chengalpet (245), Kancheepuram (385) and Thiruvallur (232) continued to be problematic spots with no abatement in the number of infected persons.
The scenario in other districts is no different as Madurai (319), Thoothukudi (136), Vellore (151) , Virudhunagar (246) and Tirunelveli (131) showing considerable increase in the number of persons diagnosed with the pandemic.
As on Sunday, Tamil Nadu had 46, 969 covid-19 patients across the State. The number of covid-19 cases detected till date in the State reached 1.38 lakh.
The number of laboratories in the State to test the samples rose to 105. The number of persons tested on Sunday were 41, 325 while till date more than 1.5 million persons across the State have been tested.
Out of the 68 deaths registered on Sunday, 60 had co-morbidity conditions.
The only news that offered some consolation was the number of patients cured of the pandemic. On Sunday, 3,617 persons were discharged from hospitals fully cured and this took the number of persons cured in the State till date to 89.532.