Tamil Nadu saw a fresh spike in novel coroanviurus cases today after 874 new patients were tested Covid-19 positive in the last 24 hours.
This is the highest single-day spike in the state so far. The last biggest 24-hour spike was 827, which was recorded on Thursday.
With the new cases, the Tamil Nadu's total number of coronavirus cases breached 20,000-mark to 20,246, according to the state health department.
Along with that, the death toll in the state increased to 154 after nine more fatalities were reported since Thursday, it said.