<span style="color: #222222;">In Tamil Nadu, 477 people were tested positive for Covid-19 disease yesterday taking the total to 10,585. They included 89 returnees from other states and four from Dhaka. The death toll has surged to 74 with three people succumbing to the disease in the last 24-hours. <br />''<br />''Meanwhile, all Government Offices in the state begins to function with 50% of the staff. Rotational method of the staff is being followed to limit the number in the office. <br />''<br />''AIR Correspondent reports that the number of discharged people outnumbering the new cases in Tamil Nadu has been reported yesterday.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">A record 939 people have been discharged on a single day yesterday, reducing the active caseload to 6970 patients. It is as opposed to 477 new cases. The state government has decided to send about ten thousand guest workers per day back to their home states based on their demand. <br />''<br />''As there are reports of demonstrations at several places by guest workers for their early return, the state chief minister Edappadi Palaniswamy has made an appeal to them yesterday to be patient till the special trains are made available. It has also been promised that the state government will bear their train fare. He has appealed them not to think of venturing to go back by walk. </span><br />''  <br />