Tamil Nadu adds 5,659 new Covid-19 cases, 67 deaths

Tamil Nadu on Wednesday reported 5,659 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 5,97,602 while the death toll mounted to 9,520 with 67 more fatalities. 

Active cases stood at 46,263 with 5,610 patients getting discharged from various hospitals in the state and in total 5,41,819 people recovered, a health



department bulletin said.

As many as 86,928 RT-PCR samples were tested and cumulatively 73,54,050 specimens examined. Meanwhile, Health Minister C Vijayabaskar inspected the COVID-19 treatment wards at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital here for about an hour and half wearing Personal ProtectiveEquipment.