Tamil Nadu reports further decline in Covid-19 cases on Tuesday

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu reported a further decline in cases on Tuesday with the number of Covid-19 cases going down from 2,481 on Monday to 2435 on Tuesday.

This takes the total tally in the State to 7,31,942 cases, while the death toll on account of the pandemic remained at 31 on Tuesday.

This pushed the death toll in the State to 11,214, the State media bulletin confirmed.


The State has consistently been showing a decline in cases over the last few weeks, providing some relief in the State which has been among the worst-affected in the country.

Chennai reported under 700 new Covid-19 cases again on Tuesday with 669 people testing positive.

The number of recoveries went down from 3940 on Monday to 2707 on Tuesday, taking the total discharges to 7,01,527.

Testing, however, went up from to 68,984 on Monday to 69,496 on Tuesday.