It is that time of the day when the official number of the COVID-19 cases are released and June 29th has now become the day with the single highest day spike! The official numbers of COVID-19 Novel Corona Virus cases in Tamil Nadu are out and we have it for you. The last 24 hours show that Tamil Nadu has had 3949 new cases of COVID positive being reported, taking the overall total to 86,224! Of these, 2167 new cases have been identified in Chennai alone, taking the district's total to 55,929! Madurai has recorded 303 new cases and the district has crossed 2k cases to register a total of 2302, while 1664 of them are currently active! Chengalpattu has recorded 5242 total cases of which 2504 are currently active and Tiruvallur has recorded a total of 3656 cases with 1345 of them being currently active.
There have been 62 new COVID related deaths in Tamil Nadu in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 1141. As of now, Chennai is the biggest hotspot in the state and has 55,929 cases registered. The total number of active cases in entire Tamil Nadu, stands at 37,331 while the number of active cases in Chennai alone stands at 21,681! The number of recoveries has increased significantly today returning very good numbers! There have been 2212 new recoveries and discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recovered people to 47,749. There have been 30,039 samples tested, in the past 24 hours alone, taking the total tests to 1,140,441 tests, which is the maximum for any state in the country!
We urge all our readers, viewers and subscribers to follow all the government mandated guidelines and stay safe at home! Break the chain and flatten the curve!
Check out the district-wise infected cases and detailed stats of recovered people here: