Nearly 6,000 new persons(5,981 to be precise) were diagnosed in Tamil Nadu on Thursday with Covid-19 while 109 persons succumbed to the pandemic during the last 24 hours, said a release by the Department of Health.
As on Thursday evening, the State had 52,364 active Covid-19 cases while the total number of persons tested positive till date reached 4,03, 242. But Tamil Nadu got a pat on the back from Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Varddhan whose message credited the State with a recovery rate of 85 per cent, second to Delhi which registered 90 per cent.
With 109 persons falling victims to the pandemic, the total number of fatalities in the State reached 6,948 as on Thursday.
The day also saw 5,870 persons getting cured of the pandemic and this took the number of persons across the State who were cured to 3.43 lakh. The State tested 74,388 persons across the State on Thursday. Tamil Nadu has 146 functioning laboratories across the State , a commendable achievement according to veteran medical doctors, It may be remembered that the State had just five laboratories when the first Covid-19 case was reported in February.
Chennai tested 1,286 positive cases while position in other districts in the cluster remained unchanged. Chengalpet had 298 cases, Kancheepuram 256 and Thiruvallur 323 patients.
Coimbatore diagnosed 439 cases of Covid-19 while Cuddalore tested 261 cases. Situation in Salem, the native district of Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami remained a subject of concern as 413 tested positive on Thursday.