<p>For the second consecutive day, Tamil Nadu reported a COVID-19 death and over 200 cases while a transgender tested positive, the first in the state, the Health department said on Saturday.</p>.<p>A 14-day old girl baby and a four-year old boy were among the total of 231 coronavirus positive cases reported today with Chennai contributing the majority of 174.</p>.<p>A 76-year old woman admitted to the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital here died on Friday, becoming the latest victim to the contagion, taking the toll in the state to 29, a bulletin from the Health department said.</p>.<p>On Friday, Tamil Nadu had reported 203 COVID-19 cases while it was 161 on Thursday, 104 on Wednesday and 121 on Tuesday.</p>.<p>With 231 RPT 231 being added today, the total number of those infected in the state stood at 2,757 as on Saturday, the department said.</p>.<p>As many as 158 men were affected apart from 72 women and one transgender, the bulletin said, adding 35,418 people were in home quarantine while 40 were in government facilities.</p>.<p>Twenty-nine patients were among the 1,341 who were discharged from hospitals after treatment as on Saturday.</p>.<p>The total number of positive cases in Chennai alone stood at 1,257 followed by Coimbatore at 142 and 114 in Tiruppur.</p>.<p>The bulletin said there were 12 red zones and 24 orange zones in the state, while Krishnagiri is the lone district in the green zone.</p>.<p>The classification of zones is multi-factorial and takes into consideration incidence of cases, doubling rate, extent of testing and surveillance feedback.</p>.<p>Besides Chennai (174 cases), Kancheepuram and Ariyalur districts witnessed 13 and 18 fresh cases respectively on Saturday.</p>.<p>A private lab Metropolis Healthcare has been added to the testing facilities today.</p>.<p>Accordingly, there are 34 government and 13 private labs operating in the State.</p>
<p>For the second consecutive day, Tamil Nadu reported a COVID-19 death and over 200 cases while a transgender tested positive, the first in the state, the Health department said on Saturday.</p>.<p>A 14-day old girl baby and a four-year old boy were among the total of 231 coronavirus positive cases reported today with Chennai contributing the majority of 174.</p>.<p>A 76-year old woman admitted to the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital here died on Friday, becoming the latest victim to the contagion, taking the toll in the state to 29, a bulletin from the Health department said.</p>.<p>On Friday, Tamil Nadu had reported 203 COVID-19 cases while it was 161 on Thursday, 104 on Wednesday and 121 on Tuesday.</p>.<p>With 231 RPT 231 being added today, the total number of those infected in the state stood at 2,757 as on Saturday, the department said.</p>.<p>As many as 158 men were affected apart from 72 women and one transgender, the bulletin said, adding 35,418 people were in home quarantine while 40 were in government facilities.</p>.<p>Twenty-nine patients were among the 1,341 who were discharged from hospitals after treatment as on Saturday.</p>.<p>The total number of positive cases in Chennai alone stood at 1,257 followed by Coimbatore at 142 and 114 in Tiruppur.</p>.<p>The bulletin said there were 12 red zones and 24 orange zones in the state, while Krishnagiri is the lone district in the green zone.</p>.<p>The classification of zones is multi-factorial and takes into consideration incidence of cases, doubling rate, extent of testing and surveillance feedback.</p>.<p>Besides Chennai (174 cases), Kancheepuram and Ariyalur districts witnessed 13 and 18 fresh cases respectively on Saturday.</p>.<p>A private lab Metropolis Healthcare has been added to the testing facilities today.</p>.<p>Accordingly, there are 34 government and 13 private labs operating in the State.</p>