Chennai: The National Virology Institute confirms 11 more cases of Omicron in Tamil Nadu, taking the number of cases confirmed in the country to 45.
On Tuesday, the state has 21 patients who are still under treatment for infection, while 24 others have been repatriated.
Of the 11 passengers, seven came from Chennai.
The state has tested 20,534 international passengers where 75 were positively tested for Covid-19 on the day of arrival and 82 of them were tested positively on the 8th day.
Tamil Nadu mandates the quarantine of Domisiliar for a week and tests out for all international passengers.
Meanwhile, TN reported 619 Covid-19 fresh infections.
The six fatalities took the death toll to 36,750.
In the end, 638 patients were excluded from the Covid registry and there were 6,537 patients who were seeking treatment for viral infections.
Chennai (194) continues to report the highest number of new cases.
At least 1.8 lakh people took vaccination against Covid-19 encourage the calculation of doses to more than 8 crores.