Chennai: Two women who were getting treatment for Covid-19 at Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital in Chennai died, taking the toll in the city to 26.
Meanwhile, sources said 60 more persons linked to Koyambedu market have been tested positive for coronavirus. These persons belong to Kancheepuram, Villupuram and Perambalur districts.
Of the total 4,361 active Covid-19 cases as on date in Tamilnadu, 1,589 were linked to the Koyambedu market, officials said.
The market for vegetables, flowers and fruits here is seen as the biggest hotspot for the spread of the contagion in Tamilnadu eclipsing the earlier single source (a Delhi Tablighi Jamaat event in which about 1,500 people from Tamilnadu had taken part in March) for the dispersion of the virus.
The market is barred for public now and it is being shifted to suburban Tirumazhisai.