Chennai, Nov 26 (PTI) Tamil Nadu recorded 27 new COVID-19 cases, pushing the statewide caseload to 35,94,062, the health department said on Saturday.

There were no fresh virus-related fatalities and the death toll remained unchanged at 38,049, a medical bulletin said here.

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As many as 54 people recovered in the last 24 hours, aggregating to 35,55,720 leaving 293 active infections.

Twenty eight of the 38 districts reported zero new cases each.

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The state capital leads among districts with 39 active infections and overall 7,93,093 coronavirus cases.

A total of 7,106 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, pushing the cumulative number of tests conducted so far to 6,99,81,475, the bulletin said.

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