Chennai: Tamilnadu continues to show steady progress in the fight against Covid-19 with the daily positivity rate staying below the 3000 mark for the 16th day in a row.
The State reported 20 Covid-19 deaths on Sunday, lowest single-day toll since June 11. According to the Health department, all the 20 victims had comorbidities such as diabetes or hypertension and were aged above 50, except for one 47-year-old male from Salem.
So far, 11,344 people in Tamilnadu have succumbed to the disease, third highest in the country next to Maharashtra and Karnataka.
As many as 11 deaths were recorded at government facilities, including four at ESIC and government railway hospitals, while nine persons died at private hospitals.
According to the daily official bulletin, a total of 2334 persons tested positive for the disease across the state.
Chennai stayed below the thousand mark for the twenty first day running recording 601 cases followed by Coimbatore with 205 and Thiruvallur with 133.
The State tested 75,384 people and 74,589 samples on the day. Also, 2,386 people were discharged after treatment and the State now has 18,894 active cases.