Tamil Nadu has reported three more positive cases of coronavirus disease yesterday, and the total number of patients is now 12. Health minister Vijayabaskar said that one of them, a 54-year-old from Anna Nagar in Madurai has no history of travel to affected countries.

The person was admitted to the isolation ward of Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai, and has co-morbidities such as cardiac disease, diabetes and hypertension. The other two patients have history of travel to affected countries.

The two other patients include a 25-year-old man from Purasawalkam in Chennai who came back from London and is admitted in the isolation ward of Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, Chennai and a 48-year-old man from Tiruppur who came back from London and is admitted in isolation ward of ESI Hospital, Coimbatore.