5,850 patients discharged in TN, 5,709 new corona cases

Chennai, Aug 18 (IANS) As many as 5,850 Covid-19 patients were cured and discharged in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday even as 5,709 more persons tested positive for coronavirus, the Health Department said.The total patients cured and discharged from different hospitals in Tamil Nadu has now gone up to 289,787. The corona cases now total 349,654 in the southern state.With 121 more Covid-19 fatalities, the state's death toll increased to 6,007.Taking into account the cured patients and the death toll, the active cases in Tamil Nadu are now 53,860.The number of corona-infected children in the age group 0-12 in the state went up to 16,834.State capital Chennai continued to head the infection tally, with 1,182 more persons testing positive for the virus. Its total stands at 119,059.
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