The state of Tamil Nadu has reported 161 fresh cases that were tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Thursday taking the total number of affected cases to 2,323 so far in its territory including the active, discharged, and deceased patients. 

The current reporting of 161 cases has become the highest-single day rise recorded by the state since the outbreak of the pandemic amid the measures rolled out by the state government to flatten the curve of the COVID-19 affected cases. The state has been closing the month of April with witnessing soaring cases in the last week of the month and the current reporting had sharply increased the graph of the total affected cases. 

161 new COVID19 positive cases including 138 from Chennai reported in Tamil Nadu today; the total number of positive cases in the state is now 2323: Tamil Nadu Health Department pic.twitter.com/Aa4Yfh6vYz

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The state has reported more than a hundred cases for the third consecutive day when it's just three days away to mark the end of the extended spell of the lockdown. On Tuesday, the state reported 121 cases while the number stood at 104 on Wednesday. The state health department has released the latest developments concerning the outbreak. According to the official press release, the state has tested 1,19,748 samples so far including 9,787 that were tested on Thursday of which 161 had returned positive taking the total number to 2,323.

The current reporting has surpassed the previous tally of the highest single-day rise which was recorded on Tuesday after the state reported 121 fresh cases. Of these fresh 161 cases, 97 are male patients while the rest are females and 138 belong to Chennai alone, five each from Madurai and Chengalpattu, three each from Ramanathapuram and Kancheepuram, two belong to Perambalur and one each from Tiruvallur, Salem, Ranipet, Cuddalore, and Ariyalur.

The press release stated that 31,375 people have currently been kept under home quarantine and 40 are kept in the government quarantine facilities. The state has reported 48 fresh discharges taking the total number of discharges to 1,258 so far while no fresh fatality has been reported and the death toll currently stands at 27. 

Out of 161 positive cases, nine are under the age of 10 including a two months old female infant. Chennai has been reporting soaring high cases in the state as the numbers are doubled in less than a week. With the current numbers, the capital city has reported the most number of cases in the state as it currently has 906 cases nearing to touch 1000 cases as the city's graph has been sharply increasing each day amid the restrictions. 

Krishnagiri continues to be the only district in the state with having no positive case so far while the districts like Erode, Nilgiris, and Karur had marked the feat of a 100% recovery rate in the state. As of Thursday evening, the state has reported 2,323 positive cases of which 1,035 are active patients, 1,258 have been discharged while 27 had succumbed to the virus. 

To read the bulletin, visit: https://stopcorona.tn.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Media-Bulletin-30.04.2020.pdf