The State’s COVID-19 tally has crossed the 5,000-mark on Tuesday reaching a total of 5,029 cases with the addition of 216 fresh cases in the past 24 hours. For the first time in three months (91 days) since the first case was reported on March 12, the State witnessed highest single-day tally of 216. The State has 3,990 cases (79.3%) and 1, 510 of them are active cases while 2,403 persons have recovered. The State has tested 15,085 samples during the past 24 hours and the total samples tested till date are 4,83,361. In other words, to detect one positive COVID case the State on an average has tested 96 samples.

Source: The Hindu June 09, 2020 18:06 UTC