CHENNAI: Despite the state testing 2,000 more samples, the number of new Covid-19 cases reported from Tamil Nadu in the last 24 hours saw a fall, albeit marginal, compared with figures on Saturday.
On Sunday, the state screened 1.57 lakh samples, of which 30,580 tested positive; on Saturday the number stood at 30,744. The death count, however, increased from 33 to 40 during the same time period. Health minister Ma Subramanian on Sunday said that most of the victims were unvaccinated and that, unlike the second wave, the case fatality ratio is low.
