novel coronavirus cases on Friday, Tamil Nadu today reported over 4,000 new coronavirus cases for the third consecutive day.
The southern state is now the second-most affected state in the country after Maharashtra, which has more than 1.9 lakh cases.With 4,280 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, Tamil Nadu's total number of confirmed coronavirus patients have now surged to 1,07,001, according to the state health department.Along with that, the death toll in the state also increased to 1,450 after 65 deaths were reported in since Friday, it said.Of the new cases reported, 10 passengers who arrived in Tamil Nadu from abroad tested positive in the state.