Covid-19 cases plunge further in Tamil Nadu

CHENNAI: The number of Covid-19 cases in the State plunged further with 1410 people testing positive for the infection on Monday. This comes after the State reported 1459 Covid-19 cases on Sunday.

This takes the total tally of cases to 781,915, the State media bulletin confirmed.

The number of Covid-19 deaths continued to remain at 9 on Monday, the second day in a row. This takes the death toll to 11,712 in the State.


Tamil Nadu has been showing a steady decline in cases in the last few months, providing a lot of relief as it has been among the worst-affected in the country.

Chennai's cases continued to remain under the 400 mark and the state capital reported a further decrease with 385 people testing positive on Monday as opposed to 398 on Sunday.

As many as 1456 people were discharged on Monday, taking the total discharges to 759,206

Testing, however, went down from 66,655 on Sunday to 62,131 on Monday. The State touched record levels of testing when over 93,000 people were tested on a single day in October.