Tamil Nadu has 716 new positive cases taking the tally to 8,718. Also, eight people have died raising COVID-19 toll to 61 in the last 24 hours.
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‘Tamil Nadu has 716 new positive cases taking the tally to 8,718. Also, eight people have died raising COVID-19 toll to 61 in the last 24 hours.’
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According to the government, 11,788 samples were tested raising the number to 2.66 lakh. Testing of 1,249 samples are under process. ![twitter](https://images.medindia.net/icons/news/social/twitter.png)
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Meanwhile, Chennai continued to see the highest number of infections at 510.
The number of infected children in the age group 0-12 went up to 487.
Source-IANS