NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, JULY 23
Tamil Nadu on Thursday reported 6,472 fresh COVID infections, the highest single day spike, with the tally inching towards two lakh cases while death toll touched 3,232 with 88 fatalities, the government said.
இன்று சென்னை நெற்குன்றத்தில் @chennaicorp மண்டலம் 11 சார்பாக ‘பாரதி சேவா சங்கம்’ தொண்டு நிறுவனம் மூலம் கொரோனா தொற்றுநோய் குறித்த விழிப்புணர்வு ஏற்படுத்த வீதிநாடகம் நடத்தப்பட்டது. pic.twitter.com/GgKyOdBKM8
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More than three fourths of the fresh cases were from districts other than Chennai, which continued to clock lower numbers, and of the dead, 77 had co-morbidities and 11 none, a health department bulletin said.
A 24-year old woman, and three men, aged 26, 35 and 94 were among the fresh victims of the deadly virus.
Tamil Nadu’s COVID tally and Chennai’s share of it inched towards two lakh and one lakh mark respectively. The state’s case count stood at 1,92,964 while that of Chennai touched 90,900, including 1,336 reported on Thursday.
As many as 5,210 patients were discharged in a single day, the highest so far, and the cumulative recoveries and active cases stood at 1,36,793 and 52,939 respectively, the bulletin said.
