Tamil Nadu's Covid-19 recovery rate at 77.8%, daily cases continue to slide

Covid-19 recovery rate stood at 77.8 per cent in Tamil Nadu and the doubling time in Chennai improved to 65 days while the state reported 5,063 new cases on Tuesday and the infection count mounted to 268,000.

With the death of 108 more patients, the death toll rose to 4,349, the government said in a bulletin.

The active cases were 55,152 and 6,501 patients were discharged on Tuesday and in total 268,285 people have so far tested positive in Tamil Nadu.

From July 27, there is a dip in daily cases in the state and Tuesday's count is in sync with that trend.

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