The number of daily coronavirus cases in Tamil Nadu dropped marginally to 33,181 on Sunday (33,658 on Saturday). There were 311 deaths and 1,58,216 samples were tested.
After 21,317 Covid-19 patients were discharged, the number of active cases crossed the 2-lakh mark to 2,19,342.
Chennai reported a drop in the number of daily infections to 6,247 (6,640 on Saturday); followed by Coimbatore (3,166); Chengalpattu (2,041); Thiruvallur (1,835); Trichy (1,569); Kancheepuram (1,119) and Madurai (1,095).
On Sunday, 21,801 persons were vaccinated against 62,353 on Saturday, says a State health ministry data.
To combat the Covid-19 spread, the Tami Nadu government has set up a 13-member advisory panel with representatives of all parties representing the Legislative Assembly and smaller parties.
The panel headed by Chief Minister MK Stalin includes former health minister Dr C Vijayabaskar of AIADMK; Dr Ezhilan of the DMK; AM Munirathnam of the Congress; GK Mani of PMK and Nainar Nagendran of the BJP.
The panel will frequently meet to discuss ways to prevent coronavirus spread , says a government press release.
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