<p>Tamil Nadu on Monday reported the biggest spike in COVID-19 numbers in a single day with swab samples of 798 people rendering positive for Coronavirus, pushing the tally to 8,000. The number of positive cases in state capital Chennai went beyond the 4,000-mark with 538 of the 798 belonging to the city.</p>.<p>The state has 8,002 positive cases, including 53 deaths and 2,051 recoveries. Six people – four from Chennai and one each from Cuddalore and Kanyakumari – died on Monday, in a cause of concern for the state as the number of deaths increase. Chennai has 4,371 cases.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-india-live-updates-total-cases-deaths-covid-19-tracker-worldometer-update-lockdown-30-latest-news-835374.html"><strong>For latest updates on coronavirus outbreak, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>Tamil Nadu has been witnessing a massive spike in numbers for the past few weeks as the government adopted a “targeted testing” method as the Koyamedu cluster grows every passing day.</p>.<p>“Till now 2,54,899 samples have been taken and sent for testing 2,45,562 samples were tested negative. Testing of 1,335 samples is under process. 10,947 samples are repeat samples. 2,051 COVID-19 positive patients have been discharged following treatment till today. Hence, 5,895 active cases are under treatment as on today,” an update from the Health Department said.</p>.<p>As of Saturday, the Koyambedu cluster alone accounted for 1,867 cases, while the Health Department did not give updated numbers on Sunday and Monday.</p>
<p>Tamil Nadu on Monday reported the biggest spike in COVID-19 numbers in a single day with swab samples of 798 people rendering positive for Coronavirus, pushing the tally to 8,000. The number of positive cases in state capital Chennai went beyond the 4,000-mark with 538 of the 798 belonging to the city.</p>.<p>The state has 8,002 positive cases, including 53 deaths and 2,051 recoveries. Six people – four from Chennai and one each from Cuddalore and Kanyakumari – died on Monday, in a cause of concern for the state as the number of deaths increase. Chennai has 4,371 cases.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-india-live-updates-total-cases-deaths-covid-19-tracker-worldometer-update-lockdown-30-latest-news-835374.html"><strong>For latest updates on coronavirus outbreak, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>Tamil Nadu has been witnessing a massive spike in numbers for the past few weeks as the government adopted a “targeted testing” method as the Koyamedu cluster grows every passing day.</p>.<p>“Till now 2,54,899 samples have been taken and sent for testing 2,45,562 samples were tested negative. Testing of 1,335 samples is under process. 10,947 samples are repeat samples. 2,051 COVID-19 positive patients have been discharged following treatment till today. Hence, 5,895 active cases are under treatment as on today,” an update from the Health Department said.</p>.<p>As of Saturday, the Koyambedu cluster alone accounted for 1,867 cases, while the Health Department did not give updated numbers on Sunday and Monday.</p>
