India News | TN's Daily Covid-19 Cases Drop Below 1,600; Active Infections at 17,099
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Tamil Nadu on Friday reported 1,597 new Covid-19 infections, pushing the overall tally to 26,65,386, while the death toll has gone up to 35,603 with 25 more fatalities, the health department said.
Chennai, Oct 1 (PTI) Tamil Nadu on Friday reported 1,597 new Covid-19 infections, pushing the overall tally to 26,65,386, while the death toll has gone up to 35,603 with 25 more fatalities, the health department said.
Five districts accounted for a majority of new cases with the State capital adding 190 fresh cases, Coimbatore 170, Chengalpet 111, Thanjavur 107 and Erode 102.
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Recoveries outnumbered new infections with 1,623 people getting discharged in the last 24 hours, aggregating to 26,12,684 leaving 17,099 active infections, a medical bulletin said.
A total of 1,53,829 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, pushing the cumulative number of specimens examined to 4,71,47,671.
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Ariyalur, Perambalur, Ramanathapuram, Tenkasi, and Theni recorded new cases in single digits each, while there were no fresh deaths in 21 districts.
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