Tamil Nadu on Friday, 29 May, reported 874 new cases of COVID-19 taking the total number of cases in the state 20,246.

Of the 874 new cases, 141 are people who have returned from other States (Maharashtra-135, Kerala-3, West Bengal-1, Karnataka-1, and Telengana-1)
Nine people succumbed to the virus on the date taking the death toll of the state to 154.
The following is the COVID-19 statistics of Tamil Nadu as of 29 May:
Total number of active cases on date (including isolation) – 8,776
Total number of Male/Female/Transgender tested positive today – 518/356/0
Total number of Male/Female/Transgender tested positive till date – 12,737/7,504/5
Total number of functioning COVID-19 testing facilities – 71 (43 government and 28 private)
Total number of samples tested till date – 4,66,550
Total number of samples tested today – 11,334
Total number of suspected individuals in isolation ward admission – 6,269
Total number of patients discharged following treatment till date– 11,313
Total number of patients discharged following treatment today – 765

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