TN logs 206 new COVID-19 cases; nil fatality

TN logs 206 new COVID-19 cases; nil fatality
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Chennai: Tamil Nadu has reported 206 new COVID-19 cases, pushing the tally to 35,90,658 the Health department has said.

There were no fresh fatalities and the overall death toll remained unchanged at 38,048 a medical bulletin said here on Sunday.

As many as 398 people recovered in the last 24 hours, aggregating to 35,49,486 leaving 3,124 active infections.

Four districts logged the majority of the new cases with Chennai adding 51 while the remaining districts reported new infections below 10.

Ariyalur, Kallakurichi, Mayiladuthurai, Nilgiris, Tirupathur, recorded zero new cases each.

The state capital leads among districts with 1,517 active infections and overall 7,92,291 coronavirus cases.

A total of 10,192 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, pushing the cumulative number of tests so far to 6,97,00,719 the bulletin said.