NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, JULY 2
Since the outbreak of Coronavirus during March, the state recorded a highest single day spike of 4,343 cases on Thursday. With this, the tally mounted to 98,392. As many as 57 COVID-19 deaths were reported from across the state, with this, the toll spikes to 1321.
11,376 Fever clinics were conducted in Chennai from 08-05-2020 till 02-07-2020. 7,41,826 people attended the clinics and 33,090 symptomatic patients were identified & tested for COVID-19 and others given medicines for minor ailments.#Covid19Chennai#GCC#ChennaiCorporation pic.twitter.com/3XcKUZPLy9
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Of the 4,343 new cases, Chennai’s share alone was 2,027, taking its cumulative numbers to 62,598 while the remainder spread across the state. Seventy-three of those tested positive on Thursday were from other states and abroad, a health department bulletin said.
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— Greater Chennai Corporation (@chennaicorp) July 2, 2020
As many as 3,095 people were discharged, also the highest for a day so far, taking the cumulative recoveries to 56,021. The active cases stood at 41,047. Fifty-seven people died in 37 government and 20 private hospitals taking the toll to 1,321.
A total of 33,488 samples were tested on Thursday and in total, 12,35,692 specimens have been examined in 91 labs – 48 in government and 43 in the private sector, the bulletin added.