Tamil Nadu reported an additional 2,652 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total to 7,19,403. After 4,087 Covid-19 patients were discharged, the number of active cases stood at 24,886.
There were 35 deaths and 75,224 samples tested.
Chennai reported an additional 756 infections; 902 covid-19 patients were discharged and 9 deaths were registered.
After Chennai, Coimbatore had the maximum number of new infections with 251 followed by Salem (170); Chengalpattu (148); Thiruvallur (146) and Erode (124) according to State health ministry data.