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Tamil Nadu reported an additional 5,791 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours to take the total number of infections to 5,80,808.
In the last 24 hours, a record high of 96,102 samples were tested.
After 5,706 covid-19 patients were discharged the number of active cases stood at 46,341.
The number of deaths increased by 80 to a total of 9,313.
In Chennai, for the fourth consecutive day, the number of daily cases yet again crossed the 1,000 mark to 1,280 with 936 patients discharged; deaths - 19 and active cases reaching 10,656.
Some of the districts that reported higher number of cases include Chengalpattu - 296; Coimbatore - 596; Cuddalore - 256; Erode - 125; Kancheepuram - 196; Namakkal - 173; Nilgiris - 161; Salem - 378; Thanjavur - 190; Thiruvallur - 202; Thiruvarur - 123; Tirunelveli - 111; Tiruppur - 282; Vellore - 119 and Villupuram - 144 , according to the Health Ministry.
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