Though there was a miniscule decrease in the number of persons diagnosed with Covid-19 in Tamil Nadu on Monday, death rate continued to rule the roost as 61 persons lost the battle against the pandemic.
While 3,827 persons tested positive for coronavirus (on Sunday the figure was 4,150),3,793 were discharged from various hospitals fully cured on a single day.
Out of the total number of cases diagnosed with covid on Monday, Chennai accounted for 1,747 persons, said the medical bulletin released by the Government of TN. As on Monday, the State had 46,833 patients while the total number of persons tested positive for Covid till date stood at 1.14 lakh.
There are 95 laboratories functioning round the clock in Tamil Nadu. While on Monday, these laboratories tested 34, 782 persons, the number of persons tested till date reached 1.31 million. Tamil Nadu continued to maintain its supremacy in testing the maximum number of persons viz-a-viz its neighbours.
53 of the deceased persons had pre-existing morbidity or chronic diseases. Chengalpet (213), Kancheepuram (182) and Thiruvallur (175) did not show any let up in the number of patients.