<span style="color: #222222;">In Tamil Nadu, for the first time in eight months less than 1000 cases of covid -19 were reported today. The State today reported 957 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total number of persons tested positive for Covid 19 infection in the State so far to 8,16,132.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">According to the daily bulletin released by the State Health department, as many as 12 Covid-19 patients died today, taking the total number of fatalities in the State due to the pandemic to 12,092.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">On the recovery side, 1065 patients were discharged today. With this, the total number of recoveries in the State has touched 7,95,293.</span><br />''