Total number of coronavirus cases in Tamil Nadu jumped from Tuesday’s 12,448 to 13,191 on Wednesday, a steep hike.
On Wednesday 743 persons which includes 83 who returned from Maharashtra tested positive for coronavirus in Tamil Nadu. This took the total number of persons tested positive till date in the State to 13,191. The number of persons tested positive in the State on Tuesday were 688 which means that there is no let up in the number of afflicted persons in Tamil Nadu.
Number of persons who succumbed to the pandemic reached 87 in the State with three more breathing their last on Wednesday. The only news which offered some solace was the number of persons discharged from hospitals on Wednesday. The day saw 987 fully cured persons getting discharged from hospitals, the highest ever figure till date. This means that 5,882 persons have been discharged from hospitals till date.
The media release issued by the directorate of public health and preventive medicine said that 3, 43, 793 persons have been tested till date. Out of the 743 persons tested positive on Wednesday, 557 were from Chennai. The metropolis has 8,228 coronavirus patients as on Wednesday, the highest in Tamil Nadu.
Dharmapuri (5), Krishnagiri (21), Nilgiris (14), Pudukottai (13) Sivagangai (26) continued to be less problematic compared to other districts.