NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, JULY 11
As many as 3,965 more persons tested coronavirus positive over the past 24 hours in Tamil Nadu, taking the state’s total tally to 1,34,226, the Health Department said on Saturday.
468 Fever clinics were conducted in Chennai today. 25022 people attended the clinics and 1710 symptomatic patients were identified & tested for COVID-19 and others given medicines for minor ailments.#Covid19Chennai#GCC #Chennai#ChennaiCorporation pic.twitter.com/ADwVImOLRW
— Greater Chennai Corporation (@chennaicorp) July 11, 2020
The good news was that highest ever single day cure and discharge of 3,591 Covid-19 patients from various hospitals in the state, taking total number of cured to 85,915. The state now has 46,410 active cases.
In all 69 more Covid-19 patients died in the past 24 hours, taking its total death toll to 1,898.
The number of infected children in the age group 0-12 went up to 6,640 in the state.
State capital Chennai continued to head the coronavirus infection table with 1,185 new cases and a total tally of 76,158. The city’s active cases total 17,989 while Covid-19 patients discharged in Chennai on Saturday stood at 1,791, the government bulletin said.