– June 26, 2020The number of COVID-19 cases is on the rise in India. As per reports on 25 June 2020, Tamil Nadu registered 3509 cases in a span of 24 hours, making it the highest daily spike in the number of cases in the south Indian state. This rise has taken the total number of cases in Tamil Nadu beyond 70,000. The death toll in the state has increased to 911 as the daily spike included 45 fatalities. Reports suggest that close to 40,000 patients have recovered from COVID-19 and discharged from the hospital. There are 41 private and 47 government COVID-19 testing facilities in Tamil Nadu. Testing of more than 10 lakhs samples has been completed in these facilities. The southern state is among the worst-hit regions concerning the number of COVID-19 patients and deaths. The number of cases in India is now beyond 4.73 lakhs.