New coronavirus cases in Tamil Nadu declined to 1,090 on Tuesday from 1,112 on Monday to take the total number of cases in the state to 26,97,418.

After 1,326 persons were discharged, the total number of active cases stood at 12,540. The number of deaths registered was 15, and the number of samples tested was 1,20,376.

Chennai reported 141 (144) new cases, while Coimbatore added 128 (130).

On Tuesday, a total of 1,45,969 persons were vaccinated.