<span style="color: #222222;">In Tamil Nadu, the number of infected cases crossed the threshold of three thousand mark on Sunday.<br />''<br />''In a new high, 266 new cases were reported on Sunday including 203 in Chennai.<br />''<br />''The active caseload remains 1611. One person died of the disease in the last 24-hours taking the toll to 30.<br />''<br />''However, the principal revenue commissioner J Radhakrishnan, who is the special nodal officer nominated to oversee containment activities in Chennai has told reporters that the increased count is due to the enhanced testing.<br />''<br />''The increased testing is helping to identify many asymptomatic patients. He expressed hope that the spike in caseload would soon come under control as more and more hidden cases are brought to light and treated.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports,  the five-member Inter-Ministerial Central team led by National Disaster Management Authority Additional Secretary Thiruppugazh has reportedly lauded the clinical management of the pandemic being followed in Chennai.<br />''<br />''The team has wound up on Sunday their nine-day long marathon visit to the city to assess the Covid-19 containment activities.<br />''<br />''They are expected to submit their findings to the Union Home Ministry in a few days.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, in Chennai, all volunteers and food and essential items delivery people are to be subjected to Covid-19 testing every ten days like other frontline staff.<br />''<br />''The move comes in the wake of a massive disease spread reportedly through a volunteer in a street in the Ice House area in Chennai.<br />''<br />''The distribution of immunity boosting agents like zinc, multivitamins and AYUSH formulations to the frontline staff are underway throughout the state.</span><br />