Tamil Nadu's tally nears 450,000, logs 5,693 new Covid-19 cases

Tamil Nadu's overall Covid-19 tally on Sunday crossed the unenviable milestone of 5 lakh cases. With 5,693 new cases getting detected in the last 24 hours the state's Covid-19 tally stands at 5,02,759.

74 more fatalities in the state in a day take the state's Covid-19 death toll to 8,381. The



southern Indian state has 47,012 active cases.

5,717 discharges in the last 24 hours took the total number of recoveries to 4,47,366, said the state's health department in its daily bulletin.

There are 168 Covid-19 testing facilities in the state, of which 103 are private ones.