Chennai: Though the dailly Covid-19 cases have come down in Tamilnadu in general and in Chennai in particular, deaths due to coronavirus pandemic are nearing the 100 mark for the past few days, causing concern among people.
Officials say this too would come down as they are doing increased number of testings and providing ‘proper’ treatment to those with severe infection.
On Friday evening, Tamilnadu reported the death of 97 patients, including three in their 20s, taking the toll to 3,935. Chennai accounted for 21 of the deaths, while Tiruvallur recorded 10 deaths.
Tamilnadu on Friday recorded at least 5,881 Covid-19 cases, taking the overall tally to 2,45,859. The Health Department tested 60,276 samples in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of samples tested so far to 26,58,138. One government laboratory — District Public Health Laboratory, Walajapet — was recently approved for testing. As of date, the State has 120 testing facilities.