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Tamil Nadu adds 5,609 new cases in a day, 1,021 from Chennai alone

For the fourth day in a row, Tamil Nadu's Covid-19 death toll hovered around the 100-mark. The 98 deaths on Sunday took the cumulative toll to 4,132.

The state also had 5,875 fresh cases, taking active cases to 56,998. Of the active cases, 38% were in Chennai (12,190) and its three neighboring districts of Chengalpattu (2,817), Kancheepuram (3,439) and Thiruvallur (3,430). These districts together had 2,198 new cases on Sunday. Chennai alone had 1,065 new cases.