by: NavJeevan

COVID-19 cases breaches 4000-mark again on Sunday, 68 more deaths reported in TN

NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, JULY 12

After a gap of a few days, the number of COVID-19 cases breaches the 4,000 mark on Sunday in Tamil Nadu with 4,244 fresh infections being reported, taking the tally to 1,38,470, the health department said.

Sixty eight fatalities pushed the death count to 1,966, it said in a bulletin. Tamil Nadu had reported 4,343 cases on July 2, 4,329 on July 3 and 4,280 on July 4. The bulletin said the number of recoveries continued to remain significant as 3,617 people were discharged after recovery.

Cumulatively, 89,532 patients have been discharged following treatment till date, while active cases, including those in isolation, stood at 46,969, the bulletin said.

A total of 16,09,448 samples have been tested to date, of which 42,531 were on Sunday alone, it said Chennai continued to record a dip on the number of fresh cases as 1,168 people tested positive for the virus totalling 77,338 till date, the bulletin said.

Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu Health and Family Welfare Minister C. Vijaya Bhaskar has revealed that the government has ordered 43 Finger Pulse Oximetres for use in the fever camps. Out of these, 23,000 Oximetres have been received by the health department, the Minister said in his official twitter handle.

Apart from maintaining strict vigil across the city and its suburban areas, the Greater Chennai Corporation personnel were also deployed to serve food and other needy to those living on the streets in GCC area, a twitter handle of GCC said.