<p>In the biggest single day spike, Tamil Nadu reported 817 fresh COVID-19 cases, which included 138 returnees from Maharashtra, on Wednesday pushing the infection count to 18,545 while six more deaths were recorded.</p>.<p>With three men and an equal number of women succumbing to the virus, the fatalities touched 133.</p>.<p>Of the people who tested positive today, 508 were men and 309 women while the active cases stood at 8,500, the health department said in a bulletin. The positive cases also included a person from neighbouring Kerala.</p>.<p>Today alone 11,231 samples were tested.</p>
<p>In the biggest single day spike, Tamil Nadu reported 817 fresh COVID-19 cases, which included 138 returnees from Maharashtra, on Wednesday pushing the infection count to 18,545 while six more deaths were recorded.</p>.<p>With three men and an equal number of women succumbing to the virus, the fatalities touched 133.</p>.<p>Of the people who tested positive today, 508 were men and 309 women while the active cases stood at 8,500, the health department said in a bulletin. The positive cases also included a person from neighbouring Kerala.</p>.<p>Today alone 11,231 samples were tested.</p>