Tamil Nadu reports over 7,000 new Covid-19 cases, its highest in single day 

Tamil Nadu yet again reported over 7000 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, taking its total number to over 2 lakh cases. Meanwhile, Chennai alone reported over 1300 new cases, taking its total case to over 93,000.

Tamil Nadu is the second worst-affected state by the coronavirus pandemic after Maharashtra.

With the recent approval for a private lab in Coimbatore, there are 116 COVID testing centres (58 government labs and an equal number in private facilities) in Tamil Nadu.

Active cases stood at 53,703 with 5,471 people getting discharged from various hospitals

A total of 1,56,526 patients have got cured.

On July 25,the state reported its highest number of cases (6,988),deaths (89) and recoveries (7,758).The tally breached the two lakh mark and total cases mounted to 2,06,737.