Tamil Nadu got a small reprieve on Thursday in the number of persons tested positive for coronavirus. For the first time since last week, the number of persons tested positive for the pandemic stood at 447 and this took the number of patients so far tested positive in the State to 9,674. With two more persons succumbing on Thursday, the death toll reached 66 in the State.
Chennai continued to lead the table as the district with maximum patients.
The day saw 363 persons testing positive for Covid and this took the number of patients in the capital city to 5,274. The question being asked is whether the State would breach the 10,000 mark on Friday.
What brought relief to the department of health officials was the small decrease noted on Thursday in the number of positive cases for the first time in the last one week.
While on May 7, the State saw 580 patients testing positive for corona virus. This increased to 600 the next day, came down to 526 on May 9, shot up to 669 on May 10 and touching an all time high of 798 on May 11. The numbers came down to 716 on the next day and 509 on May 13.