Tamil Nadu adds more new 1,052 COVID-19 cases

Tamil Nadu on Tuesday reported 1,052 new COVID-19 cases taking the tally to 8,09,014 and the death toll touched 12,012 with 17 more fatalities.

A passenger from London via Delhi, five others from states including West Bengal, Chennai and Coimbatore's share of 311 and 114 respectively and Tamil



Nadu's other regions account for the 1,000 plus fresh cases, a Health department bulletin said.

Out of the 23 passengers from the United Kingdom, one person has tested positive and his sample was being sent to the National Institute of Virology, Pune for genomic sequencing, the government said.