Chennai: The number of Covid-19 cases in the State saw a slight decline from the previous day as 23,975 infections were reported in Tamilnadu on Sunday. The total number of cases reached 29,39,923.
Chennai’s test positivity rate, meanwhile, climbed to 30.0 per cent, the highest in Tamilnadu.Ā There were 22 deaths registered and 1,40,720 samples tested. Chennai reported 8,987 new cases, followed by Chengalpattu with 2,70 cases; Coimbatore (1,866) and Tiruvallur (1,273).
As many as 1,36,559 people were tested and overall TPR was 16.7 per cent. There were 1,42,476 active cases, of which 57,591 were in Chennai.
Cumulatively, 1,40,720 samples were tested (RT-PCR) and in total 5,95,48,455 specimens and 29,39,923 people have tested positive so far.