NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, AUG 20
COVID-19 recoveries crossed the three lakh mark in Tamil Nadu on Thursday with 5,742 people getting discharged from various hospitals in the state, the health department said.
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With 5,986 more testing positive for the virus, the total number of infections rose to 3.61 lakh so far while 116 more deaths pushed the toll to 6,239. Tamil Nadu has been consistently recording a robust recovery rate and with today’s discharges of 5,742 the cumulative number of those cured rose to 3,01,913.
The active cases, including those in isolation, stood at 53,283, the department said in a bulletin. Among the deceased, 108 people had comorbidities while eight had no chronic diseases. Thirteen of those who died were below the age of 50 years. Of the total 6,239 deaths till date, Chennai accounted for 2,537. The state has been reporting 100 plus deaths everyday since August 3.
Chennai posted 1,175 new cases while the rest were scattered across the state. Among the districts, Chengalpet, Coimbatore and Thiruvallur recorded more than 300 new infections while Cuddalore, Kancheepuram, Salem, and Theni saw their numbers going up by more than 200 cases. Of the fresh cases, 19 were domestic and one overseas returnee from Saudi Arabia. As many as 75,076 samples were tested and cumulatively 39.88 lakh specimens have been examined in the state so far, the bulletin added.
