Chennai: Tamilnadu, which is said to be the top State in the country when it comes to Covid-19 testing, has tested a total number of 28,92,395 samples so far.
A total of 55,122 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, according to the State Health department data.
Three more testing facilities were added — a government lab at the Government Hospital at Aranthangi in Pudukottai, and two private facilities at Assured Best Care Hospital (P) Ltd, Tiruchi, and Microbe World, Newfairlands, Salem. With these, the State has 125 testing facilities.
As many as 5,063 persons in Tamilnadu tested positive for the infection on Tuesday. For the second consecutive day, more than 100 deaths were recorded. As many as 6,501 persons were discharged from hospitals.