In Tamil Nadu, the total Covid-19 cases has risen to over 5 lakh 69 thousand. The active case load in the state remains at nearly 46-thousand and four hundred. In the last 24-hours, 5,679 people were tested positive for the infection including 1,164 in Chennai, while 5,626 people recovered.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">AIR correspondent reports, this is the second day in succession for Chennai to witness a spurt in daily cases above a thousand. A notable feature yesterday is the number of persons tested that has crossed a record 92-thousand on a single day. The case positivity rate, that is, the percentage of people confirmed positive for the disease in the tests remains under five percent as being claimed by the state health department. It targets the case mortality rate to be reduced to below one percent which at present is put at 1.6 percent.</span><br />