2 women die of COVID-19 in TN; 5,000-mark breached, 580 new cases

Two women succumbed to COVID-19 as Tamil Nadu reported 580 fresh cases, a large number of which are linked to the Koyambedu hotspot here, pushing the tally to 5,409 in the state.

Following the death of the two persons, the number of fatalities in the state climbed to 37.

Of the 580 cases, 316 were from Chennai and the aggregate number of those infected in the state capital stood at 2,644 as on date, a health department bulletin said.

After seeing an all-time single day high of 771 additions on May 6, the number of cases today slid to 580 even asthe number of samples being tested is steadily on the riseand totally 14,195 samples were tested today alone, the highest so far in a day.

Cuddalore and Ariyalur as on date have 356 and 246 cases respectively, while Chengelpet near here has 158.

Krishnagiri, which till recently had no cases has eight infected people as of now.

"A large number of today's (Thursday) cases are linked to Koyambedu market," the bulletin said addingthat .