CHENNAI : As many as 266 persons tested positive for coronavirus in Tamil Nadu over the past 24 hours taking the total tally to 3,023, said the Health Department.
In a statement issued here the Health Department said a 44-year-old male hailing from Coimbatore died at a government hospital here on Sunday taking the total Covid-19 death toll to 30.
According to Health Department, out of the total 266 new infections in the state, 203 are from Chennai. The total Covid-19 count in Chennai stands at 1,458.
Villupuram district too saw a spike in Covid-19 infections at 33 as people who had worked in the Koyambedu market had gone back home.