Chennai: Tamil Nadu recorded a discharge count of COVID-19 patients over double that of fresh cases, a sign that more people are recovering even as it struggles to ward off community spread.
The state health bulletin said 178 people have been discharged on Tuesday while 76 new cases have been recorded. The number of active cases is 940. In total, 638 people have been discharged so far.
One death has been reported in the state on Tuesday, taking its tally to 18.
Chennai tops the list with 55 fresh cases recorded on Tuesday. Of these, 26 people working with a private television channel tested positive after contracting the virus from a colleague who had earlier caught the infection.
Chennai remains the city with the highest coronavirus cases, with 358, followed by Coimbatore with 134 and Tirupur with 109.
The Tamil Nadu government had earlier decided against relaxation to the lockdown, echoing the stance by other states such as Karnataka and Punjab.
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