Tamil Nadu logs 147 deaths, 19,588 new COVID-19 cases

Tamil Nadu continues to see a spike in daily new Covid-19 cases and deaths as 19,588 people tested positive on Saturday, taking the total number of active cases to 117,405 as of date.

Also, 147 people succumbed to the virus on May 1, the



highest-ever toll since the pandemic outbreak.

The number of recoveries was also high as 17,164 infected people were discharged on Saturday.

The state has been maintaining higher tests number, and it tested 151,452 samples on May 1.