Tamil Nadu recorded 5,546 fresh cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, taking the total number of people to have been affected to 5,91,943, according to the state bulletin.
However, 5,08,210 people have been discharged until
now, which amounts to 85.8% of those affected in the state.
So far, 9,453 people have succumbed to COVID-19 in the state, of which 70 deaths were reported on Tuesday. Four of those who died did not have co-morbidities.