1,149 cases, 13 deaths across TN

CHENNAI: In its highest ever singleday spike, Tamil Nadu reported over 1,000 Covid-19 cases on Sunday, as the overall tally zoomed past 22,000 with 173 fatalities so far. The record daily spike came on a day when the state government extended the lockdown till June 30 with various relaxations, including partial resumption of public transport.

With 1,149 additional cases of coronavirus, the state’s aggregate was at 22,333, according to a health department bulletin. As many as 13 deaths were reported.

Of the new cases, 95 were passengers who arrived in the state through various modes of transport, the bulletin stated.

At present, the number of active cases, including those in isolation, is at 9,400. With 757 people being discharged on Sunday, the total number of recoveries in the state is 12,757.

Chennai showed no signs of reversing the curve, as the state capital topped the charts, reporting 804 new cases. The total in the city is now at 14,802.

According to the bulletin, 12,807 samples were tested at the 72 testing facilities in the state.

Those found Covid-19 positive include 729 men, 417 women and three transgenders.

At least 10 people from Chennai, including an 80-year- old man having Type-II diabetes and a 39-year-old woman, suffering from chronic kidney disease, were among those who died, as per the bulletin.

The three other patients who succumbed to the virus were from Madurai, Kancheepuram and Namakkal. Of the 173 deaths reported till date, Chennai has reported 129, followed by Chengalpattu and Thiruvallur, at 11 deaths each.

In Chengalpattu, 85 new cases were reported on Sunday, while 47 and 45 cases were reported in Tiruvallur and Tiruvannamalai, respectively.