<p>Inching towards the three lakh mark in Covid-19 tally, Tamil Nadu on Saturday recorded 5,883 fresh cases while 118 deaths saw the toll climbing to 4,808, the Health Department said.</p>.<p>Tamil Nadu's tally mounted to 2,90,907 while that of the state capital to 1,08,124 with the addition of 986 cases, the second day in a row it logged less than 1,000, a bulletin issued by the department said.</p>.<p>On Friday, the city recorded new cases in three digits (984) for the first time after a gap of nearly two months.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-west-bengal-records-2261-fresh-covid-19-cases-864013.html">Track live updates on coronavirus here</a></strong></p>.<p>This is the tenth straight day the state's daily cases, which peaked to its highest of 6,993 on July 27, stood below the 6,000 mark.</p>.<p>Recoveries remained high with 5,043 people being discharged from various hospitals after successful treatment, taking the cumulative recoveries to 2,32,618.</p>.<p>The bulletin said 67,553 specimens were tested as the aggregate till date rose to 31,55,619.</p>.<p>Among the new infections, 17 were returnees from various domestic locations, bulletin said.</p>.<p>As many as nine of the patients who succumbed to the virus were without comorbidities.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/coronavirus-live-news-covid-19-latest-updates.html">CORONAVIRUS SPECIAL COVERAGE ONLY ON DH</a></strong></p>.<p>A 52-year old woman from the city who died, did not have comorbidity. She had complained of breathing difficulty for a day and died due to cardiopulmonary arrest.</p>.<p>She was admitted on August 7 at Southern Railway Headquarters hospital here with complaints of difficulty in breathing and died the same day, the bulletin said.</p>.<p>A 35-year old man from neighbouring Thiruvallur with complaints of fever and difficulty in breathing for three days was admitted on August 5 and died on August 6 due to cardiopulmonary arrest/respiratory failure, the bulletin said.</p>.<p>With comorbidity, a 29 year old woman who was Covid-19 positive with gestational diabetes was brought dead to a private hospital in the city.</p>.<p>As many as 10 of those succumbed to the virus were below the age of 40 years, the bulletin said.</p>.<p>Among the districts, Chennai recorded 986 new cases, while neighbouring Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur and Chengalpet collectively saw an increase of 1,100 fresh infections.</p>.<p>Theni recorded 452 new infections while Virudhunagar and Tuticorin reported 246 and 245 respectively.</p>.<p>Dharmapuri reported the least number of new cases with 21 people contracting the contagion taking the tally in the district to 851 so far.</p>.<p>Perambalur has the least number of Covid-19 cases at 686 till date, the bulletin said.</p>.<p>Coimbatore, Kanyakumari, Cuddalore, Ranipet, Tirunelveli also saw their daily Covid-19 cases go up by more than 100 new cases, the bulletin said.</p>
<p>Inching towards the three lakh mark in Covid-19 tally, Tamil Nadu on Saturday recorded 5,883 fresh cases while 118 deaths saw the toll climbing to 4,808, the Health Department said.</p>.<p>Tamil Nadu's tally mounted to 2,90,907 while that of the state capital to 1,08,124 with the addition of 986 cases, the second day in a row it logged less than 1,000, a bulletin issued by the department said.</p>.<p>On Friday, the city recorded new cases in three digits (984) for the first time after a gap of nearly two months.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-west-bengal-records-2261-fresh-covid-19-cases-864013.html">Track live updates on coronavirus here</a></strong></p>.<p>This is the tenth straight day the state's daily cases, which peaked to its highest of 6,993 on July 27, stood below the 6,000 mark.</p>.<p>Recoveries remained high with 5,043 people being discharged from various hospitals after successful treatment, taking the cumulative recoveries to 2,32,618.</p>.<p>The bulletin said 67,553 specimens were tested as the aggregate till date rose to 31,55,619.</p>.<p>Among the new infections, 17 were returnees from various domestic locations, bulletin said.</p>.<p>As many as nine of the patients who succumbed to the virus were without comorbidities.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/coronavirus-live-news-covid-19-latest-updates.html">CORONAVIRUS SPECIAL COVERAGE ONLY ON DH</a></strong></p>.<p>A 52-year old woman from the city who died, did not have comorbidity. She had complained of breathing difficulty for a day and died due to cardiopulmonary arrest.</p>.<p>She was admitted on August 7 at Southern Railway Headquarters hospital here with complaints of difficulty in breathing and died the same day, the bulletin said.</p>.<p>A 35-year old man from neighbouring Thiruvallur with complaints of fever and difficulty in breathing for three days was admitted on August 5 and died on August 6 due to cardiopulmonary arrest/respiratory failure, the bulletin said.</p>.<p>With comorbidity, a 29 year old woman who was Covid-19 positive with gestational diabetes was brought dead to a private hospital in the city.</p>.<p>As many as 10 of those succumbed to the virus were below the age of 40 years, the bulletin said.</p>.<p>Among the districts, Chennai recorded 986 new cases, while neighbouring Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur and Chengalpet collectively saw an increase of 1,100 fresh infections.</p>.<p>Theni recorded 452 new infections while Virudhunagar and Tuticorin reported 246 and 245 respectively.</p>.<p>Dharmapuri reported the least number of new cases with 21 people contracting the contagion taking the tally in the district to 851 so far.</p>.<p>Perambalur has the least number of Covid-19 cases at 686 till date, the bulletin said.</p>.<p>Coimbatore, Kanyakumari, Cuddalore, Ranipet, Tirunelveli also saw their daily Covid-19 cases go up by more than 100 new cases, the bulletin said.</p>