KOCHI/Chennai, June 6 -- Tamil Nadu saw 1,438 persons testing positive for coronavirus on Friday, the highest ever number to be tested positive on a single day. With the addition of 1,438 patients into the pool, Tamil Nadu has 12, 697 active Covid-19 cases as on Friday. Till date 28, 694 persons have tested positive for the pandemic in the State, according to medical bulletin issued by Tamil Nadu Government.
The death tally on Friday was 12 and this took the total number of fatalities til date to 232. Out of the 12 who breathed their last on Friday, four were in the 80-82 age group, three were in 70-72 group, one was 68, two were 56 and 50 years of age and a 44 year old person. While eight persons were having diabetes mellitus and hyper te...