NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, JUN 24
The surge in COVID-19 cases continued unabated in Tamil Nadu with an all-time high of 2,865 people testing positive in a single day on Wednesday, taking the tally to 67,468 while the toll mounted to 866 with 33 deaths.
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With the focus on increasing testing, the state examined 32,079 samples, the highest in a day so far, and cumulatively 9,76,431 specimens have been screened for the deadly virus, a health department bulletin said.
Those dead included 30 with co-morbidities and three had none, it said. In the new cases, Chennai’s share was 1,654, taking its aggregate to 45,814. While active cases stood at 28,836, a total of 2,424 people were discharged from various hospitals, again a record for recoveries on a single day.
Altogether 37,763 people have been sent home after recovery, the government bulletin added.