Tamilnadu’s daily Covid count crosses 20,000


Chennai: Tamilnadu recorded 20,768 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, taking the State’s tally to 12,07,112.

The toll touched 14,346 with 153 deaths, including 81 in private hospitals and 72 in government facilities.

According to a bulletin from the Health department, 17,576 patients were discharged, taking the total number of people discharged to 10,72,322. The number of active cases across the State on Sunday stood at 1,20,444.

Chennai district reported 6,078 new cases on Sunday while 5,702 patients were discharged. The district recorded 29 deaths.

The number of samples tested stood at 1,43,083, pushing the cumulative number of specimens examined so far to 2,29,56,942.