As per the daily official bulletin, Chennai showed some progress slipping below the thousand mark after a long while today although it still tops the list accounting for 984 cases followed by Thiruvallur with 388 and Theni with 351.
A record 119 deaths were reported today- 24 of them in Chennai followed by 8 in Chengalpattu and 6 each in Thiruvallur, Thiruvannamalai, Salem and Thoothukudi – taking the state’s total tally to 4690.
The total number of cases in Tamil Nadu as of August 7 stands at 2,85,024.
6488 patients were discharged today taking the total number of recoveries in Tamil Nadu to 2,27,575.