Chennai: The Covid-19 tally in Tamilnadu crossed 11,000-mark on Sunday with 639 people testing positive. The State also reported four more deaths taking the toll to 78.
According to the government, of the 639 fresh cases, 558 were people from within the State, 73 from Maharashtra, three from Telangana, two each from Karnataka and Rajasthan, and one from Andhra Pradesh. The returnees from other States were intercepted at checkposts in various districts.
The number of Covid-19 patients who were cured and discharged on Sunday was 634 and the total is 4,172. According to the government, a total of 13,081 samples were tested taking to total over 3.26 lakh till date. Testing of 477 samples are under process. Chennai continued to see the highest number of infections at 480 taking the total tally to 6,750.
Eleven districts saw new patients on Sunday, including Chennai, which accounted for 480 positive cases. Its neighbouring districts of Chengalpattu and Tiruvallur accounted for 28 and 18 patients, respectively.
Ariyalur and Kancheepuram reported five cases each, Kallakurichi three, Cuddalore and Nagapattinam one case each.