India News | Tamil Nadu Logs 1,724 New Covid-19 Infections, 22 Deaths

Chennai, Sep 25 (PTI): Tamil Nadu on Saturday added 1,724 new Covid-19 infections, pushing the caseload to 26,55,572, while the death toll mounted to 35,476 with 22 more deaths.

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According to a medical bulletin, 1,635 people were discharged in the last 24 hours, aggregating to 26,02,833, leaving 17,263 active infections.

A total of 1,56,490 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, pushing the cumulative number of specimens examined to 4,62,30,987.

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Four districts accounted for a majority of new infections-- Coimbatore with 198 cases, Chennai 194, Erode 121 and Chengalpet 119.

Three districts reported new cases below 10, while there were no fresh deaths in 25 districts. PTI VIJ

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