In Tamil Nadu, 1372 Covid-19 patients returned home from hospitals yesterday, after recovery from Covid-19 disease. However, 1875 others were confirmed positive yesterday leading to the total infection climbing to 38,716. Nearly fifteen thousand and five hundred tests have been done in the state on a single day yesterday. The active cases receiving treatment remain at 17,659. Twenty three patients succumbed to the disease in the last twenty-four hours taking the total fatalities to 349.<br />'' <br />'' Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswamy has said there is no community spread of Covid-19 in the state yet. Talking to reporters at Salem yesterday, he also rejected the charges that there is under-reporting of Covid-19 death cases saying the numbers cannot be hidden.<br />'' <br />'' AIR correspondent reports, in Chennai, the city civic body has mandated that all those who approach a laboratory for Covid-19 testing will be quarantined for fourteen days. Their family members also would be quarantined for an equal period. In the city, there are 30 recognized laboratories to test the samples including 12 Government facilities. To trace the people seeking the tests and their close contacts, the particulars are to be collected by the laboratories and be uploaded in a dedicated mobile app that can be accessed by the health staff of the city corporation.<br />'' <br />'' Its commissioner Prakash has said in a statement, about six thousand field staff would be deployed for rendering help to those under quarantine like supplying essential things. His announcement comes in the wake of reports that some of those under quarantine violated the safety protocols and stepped out of their homes.<br />

<span style="color: #222222;">In Tamil Nadu, 1,372 COVID-19 patients returned home from hospitals today, after recovery from the infection. However, 1,875 others were confirmed positive today leading to the total infection climbing to 38,716. Nearly fifteen thousand and five hundred tests have been done in the state today. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The active cases receiving treatment remain at 17,659 while 23 patients succumbed to the disease in the last twenty-four hours taking the total fatalities to 349. AIR correspondent reports, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswamy has said, there is no community spread of COVID-19 in the state yet. <br />''<br />''He inaugurated the 7.8-kilometre long two-tier flyover at Salem today that has been constructed at a cost of 441 crore rupees. It is the state's longest ever flyover of its kind which he named after late Jayalalithaa who has been the party's charismatic leader. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Later, in his media interaction, the Chief Minister rejected the charges of hiding the total number of deaths due to the pandemic, saying it is not possible to hide the numbers. He said there is no scope for further relaxations from the lockdown conditions now. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">His remarks come at a time when the state is placed at second position in terms of the total infections. Meanwhile, the number of containment areas in Chennai has come down to 360 today.</span><br />''