Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 19 (ANI): Tamil Nadu reported 610 new cases of COVID-19 and four deaths during the last 24 hours, the health bulletin issued by the state government informed on Sunday.

The total number of people who tested positive for COVID-19 is 27,39,806 and active cases stand at 7,270 in the state.

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A total of 36,680 people have lost their lives to the deadly virus so far in the state, as per the bulletin.

A total of 1,01,616 samples were tested for COVID-19 during the last 24 hours in the state.As many as 682 people recovered from the infection, taking the total number of recoveries in Tamil Nadu to 26,95,856.

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While India has reported 7,081 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the active caseload of the country to 83,913, the lowest in nearly 1.5 years, informed the Union Health Ministry on Sunday. (ANI)

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