Tamilnadu posts 618 Covid cases, 156 from Chennai


Chennai: Tamilnadu today registered 618 new Covid-19 cases, and the total number of infections has touched 34,47,006.

The capital city of Chennai today registered 156 cases. With this, the total number of persons affected by the pandemic in the metropolis has touched 749330.

As far as Chennai’s neighbouring districts are concerned, Chengalpattu today registered 72 new cases, Kancheepuram saw 16 infections in the last 24 hours, and Thiruvallur posted 26 positive cases.

The districts of Cuddalore and Coimbatore today witnessed 8 and 87 new cases, respectively. 4 patients died today, taking the total number of fatalities in the State due to the pandemic to 37,993.

On the positive side, 2153 patients were discharged from various hospitals in Tamilnadu today. With this, the total number of recoveries in the State has touched 33,98,231.