Tamilnadu reports 28,561 fresh coronavirus cases

Tamilnadu on Thursday added 28,561 new infections to its Covid aggregate, which rose to 30,42,796 while 39 more fatalities took the toll to 37,112 , the health department said.

Recoveries climbed to 28,26,479 with 19,978 people getting discharged in the last 24 hours, leaving 1,79,205 active infections, a medical bulletin said.

Chennai, which accounted for majority of the fresh cases, has reported a decline with 7,520 new cases followed by Coimbatore 3,390, Chengalpet 2,196, Kanyakumari 1,148. On Thursday, Chennai had recorded 8,007 cases.

Those who tested positive today, include 14 returnees from domestic and one individual from the UK.

The number of RT-PCR tests conducted in Tamil Nadu breached the 6 crore-mark with 1,54,912 samples being tested in the last 24 hours, pushing the cumulative number of specimens examined so far to 6.01 crore.