536 more COVID-19 cases in Tamil Nadu, death toll rises to 81
Three people died of COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu, while the number of cases rose to 11,760 with 536 testing positive on Monday, the health department said.
By : migrator
Update: 2020-05-18 15:25 GMT
Chennai
With this, the death toll in the state has risen to 81, the department said in its bulletin.
State capital Chennai continued to see highest number of infections at 364, taking the total tally to 7,117.
The new infections include 46 persons who had come to Tamil Nadu from Maharashtra, the Health Department said.
A total of 234 people were discharged on Monday, taking the total to 4,406 till date, it said.
According to the government, a total of 11,121 samples were tested taking to total over 3.37 lakh till date. Testing of 535 samples are under process.
The number of infected children in the age group 0-12 went up to 709.
The total number of active cases in Tamil Nadu stands at 7,270.
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