Tamil Nadu Coronavirus Latest Update: The Madurai District Collector said the samples have been forwarded to the public health lab for further testing, while the mother and child have been isolated.
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Chennai: New Covid-19 cases are on the decline, but the daily death toll in Tamul Nadu on Friday remained above the 450-mark for the 11th consecutive day.
Another 463 people died of the disease in the last 24 hours in TN, taking the toll to 26,128, the third highest in the country after Maharashtra (97,394) and Karnataka (30,531). Almost two-third of the 463 had comorbidities like diabetes or hypertension.
For more than a month, Tamil Nadu’s has reported at least one death for every 100 confirmed cases.
On Friday, there were 71 Covid deaths in Chennai, the highest, followed by Chengalpet with 38. In Coimbatore, one-third of the 31 who died did so within 48 hours of hospitalisation. One was declared ‘brought dead’ to hospital.