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Tamil Nadu reports 8,183 Covid-19 cases, 180 deaths in a single day

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Chennai: Tamil Nadu recorded 8,183 fresh COVID-19 cases on Saturday, including three returnees from Andhra Pradesh and Bihar, pushing the caseload to 24.14 lakh, while 180 deaths took the toll to 31,015.

Recoveries continued to outnumber new cases with 18,232 people being discharged, taking the tally to 23,04,885, leaving 78,780 active cases, a health department bulletin said.

Tamil Nadu recorded its highest daily cases at 36,184 on May 21 and since then has been reporting a declining trend. The daily case count dropped below 10,000 on June 17.

The decline in numbers also reflected in the Test Positivity Rate, with Minister for Medical and Family Welfare Ma Subramanian saying that the TPR now stood at five per cent in Tamil Nadu,

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