For the fifth consecutive day, Tamil Nadu logged over 500 cases, pushing the tally to 8,56,246, while four fatalities took the toll to 12,525, the health department said on Tuesday.
Tamil Nadu reported 569 new covid-19 cases, 510 recoveries during the last 24 hours.
The number of people who have recovered from covid-19 reached 8,39,648 and the number of active cases stands 4,073.
Recoveries, which were outnumbering new infections, were comparatively less with 510people getting discharged, taking the cumulative number to 8,39,648, leaving 4,073 active cases.
Tamil Nadu first recorded 500 plus COVID-19 cases in May 2020 while fresh cases went below this mark from the first week of February 2021.
Meanwhile, health secretary J Radhakrishnan on Monday made a surprise inspection at vital junctions were people congregate in large numbers to check whether adequate COVID-19 protocols were being strictly followed.
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