Chennai: Tamilnadu Health Minister Dr C Vijayabaskar has said that there was no community transmission of Covid-19 pandemic in the State.
Vijayabaskar told reporters in Pudukottai that there was no community transmission in the State and the increase in number of positive cases was due to the aggressive testing carried out by the government.
While 82,275 samples of persons were tested positive, 10,28,127 samples of others tested negative. As many as 1,443 COVID-19 positive patients were discharged after treatment on Sunday alone and taking the number of recoveries to 45,537.
At present 35,656 patients were undergoing treatment, including those in isolation and all of them were under active medical supervision.
