A total of 4,979 new COVID-19 cases and 78 deaths were reported in Tamil Nadu on Sunday, informed the state's health department.
Tamil Nadu now has a total of 1,70,693 COVID-19 patients, including 50,294 active cases and 1,17,915 recoveries.
So far, 2,481 lives have been claimed by the infectious virus.
( With inputs from ANI )