There was no abatement or respite for people in Tamil Nadu as coronavirus pandemic continued to cause havoc in the State on Sunday, a day the Government had declared as a total lockdown day.
While the State saw 85 persons succumbing to the pandemic during the last 24 hours, 6,986 persons were diagnosed with Covid-19. By the end of the day, there were 53,703 active cases of coronavirus across Tamil Nadu and this took the number of cases tested positive till date to 2.13 lakh.
The 116 laboratories across the State tested 62,305 persons on Sunday taking the number of persons tested till date to 2.26 million. The day also saw 5,471 persons getting cured and discharged from hospitals across Tamil Nadu.
Out of the 85 deaths registered during the last 24 hours, 75 died because of pre-existing morbidity or chronic diseases. The fatalities in Tamil Nadu till date reached 3,494 on Sunday.
While Chennai showed a small fall in the number of persons tested positive on Sunday (1,155), Chengalpet registered 501 new cases, Kancheepuram accounted for 363 persons and Thiruvallur 480 new cases. The three districts along with Chennai are observing stringent restrictions and regulations because of continued hike in the number of cases.
The southern districts of Virudhunagar (385), Kanyakumari (215), Thoothukudi (248) and Tirunelveli (186) continued to be problematic zones.