Virus tally breaches 7-lakh mark in State

While the tally of positive cases stood at 7,00,193, Chennai accounted for 1,93,299, a bulletin said. Reflecting the declining trend, it has taken 21 days for the State to register the last one lakh cases as against the 17 days it took to climb from five lakh to six lakh cases.

Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka are the other three states with a caseload of over seven lakh. The toll in Chennai stood at 3,569 while the infection count touched at 1,93,366.

The fresh cases included Chennai’s 833, Coimbatore 285 and Chengelpet 193. Recoveries continued to outnumber new cases and with 4,314 patients getting discharged from various hospitals, 6,55,170 people have got cured till date and the active cases were 34,198. As many as 81,259 samples were tested, taking the total specimens examined to 92,75,108.