The state of Tamil Nadu has reported 1,438 fresh cases that were tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Friday through which the state's total tally has crossed 28,000 by reporting 28,694 cases so far in its territory including active, recovered, and deceased patients.

The current reporting of 1,438 cases has become the highest single-day rise in the state since the outbreak by surpassing the previous tally of 1,384 cases that were reported on Thursday. The state is going to end the first week of the fifth phase of the lockdown by adding at least 6,500 cases to its total count with the reporting of more than a thousand cases per day for the past six days, with the biggest spikes in Chennai.

12 deaths and 1438 #COVID19 positive cases have been reported in Tamil Nadu today. We are more transparent with the publication of COVID bulletin. Tamil Nadu Govt is following all protocols of ICMR.There is no underplay in publishing data:Dr.C.Vijaya Baskar, State Health Minister pic.twitter.com/3PQBfoehyd

— ANI (@ANI) June 5, 2020

The state health department has issued the official press release concerning the latest developments of the outbreak. According to the press release, Tamil Nadu has tested 5,60,673 samples so far including 15,962 that were tested on Friday of which 1,438 returned to be positive for the virus. These 1,438 cases include 33 people who returned to the state from other regions (14 from Delhi, seven from Maharashtra, six from Qatar, five from Dubai, and one from Sri Lanka).

Of these 1,438 cases, 851 are males, 584 are female patients and three are transgenders and 1,116 belong to Chennai, 86 belong to Chengalpattu, 64 belong to Thiruvallur, 15 from Kancheepuram, 14 from Ranipet, 13 belong to Thiruvannamalai, 12 each from Trichy and Kallakurichi, eleven belong to Thoothukudi, nine from Madurai, seven each from Salem, Villupuram, and Virudhunagar.

Five belong to Pudukottai, four each from Thiruvarur and Ramanathapuram, three each from Cuddalore, Dindigul, Nagapattinam, and Vellore. Two each from Ariyalur, Tenkasi, Theni, and Tirunelveli, and one each from Kanyakumari, Karur, Perambalur, Sivagangai, Thanjavur,  and Thirupathur. Apart from the district-wise abstract, 14 people are kept under the airport quarantine while 12 are under the railway quarantine.

The state has reported 861 fresh discharges through which the total tally of discharges stands at 15,762 so far, which is higher than the active cases and the state has also recorded 12 fresh fatalities taking the death toll to 232. The state has reported the number of deaths with double-digit for the sixth consecutive day. By this time on June 1, the state's death toll stood at 184 and in the span of four days, the state has added about 40 deaths to its count.

According to the press release, all 12 deceased belong to Chennai, and eleven had co-morbid conditions, and eight are above 60 years of age. The soaring high cases in Chennai had levied more challenges to the government to curb the spread and with the current reporting of 1,116 cases, the city has recorded 19,826 cases so far of which 9,437 cases are active, 10, 210 have been discharged while 178 had died due to virus. The city's current reporting has recorded as the highest single-day spike of Chennai since the outbreak.

Chennai's Royapuram, Tondiarpet, Teynampet, Kodambakkam, and Thiru Vi Ka Nagar have reported more cases in the city amid the containment strategies. As of Friday evening, the state has reported 28,694 positive cases so far -second highest in India after Maharashtra, of which 12,697 are active - including isolation, 15,762 have been discharged, and 232 had succumbed to the virus.

To read the press release, visit: https://stopcorona.tn.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Media-Bulletin-05.06.2020.pdf

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