TN REPORTS 6,785 NEW CASES

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu continued to witness a surge in Coronavirus cases with the biggest daily spike of 6,785 fresh infections, pushing the tally towards the two lakh mark, while the death toll touched 3,320 with 88 fatalities, the health department said on Friday. The tally rose to 1,99,749 with the addition of the fresh cases, a bulletin by the health department said. On Thursday, the state reported 6,472 new cases and 88 fatalities. The state also recorded new daily high in the number of recoveries and testing with 6,504 people being discharged from various hospitals and a staggering 65,150 samples being examined.