Tamil Nadu's COVID-19 case count tops six lakh mark

With an dition of 5,600 plus new COVID-19 cases, Tamil Nu on Thursday crossed six lakh virus cases while toll mounted to 9,586 with 66 more fatalities. tally of positive cases stood at 6,03,290 which includes 5,688 new infections. Over a span of nearly three months, state has ded a whopping 5,00,569 cases as Tamil Nu h crossed one lakhmark (1,02,721 cases) on July 3.

Tamil Nu, which breached five lakh cases on September 13 has ded a little more than one lakh cases in 17 days. On that day, state's case tally and total recoveries stood at 5,02,759 and 4,47,366 respectively. As on October 1, recoveries increased to 5.47 lakh with 5,516 patients getting discharged from various hospitals and active cases were 46,369, a health department bulletin said.

As many as 87,647 RT-PCR samples were tested and cumulatively 74.41 lakh specimens examined. Those de include three men d 37, 38 and 93 and in total 57 h co-morbidities and nine chronic diseases. Today's fresh infections include Chennai's 1,289, Coimbatore 550, Chengelpet 356, Tiruvallur 260 and Kancheepuram 148. toll of 9,586 covers state capital's 3,228 Chengelpet 560, Coimbatore 444, and Tiruvallur 550.

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