For the third consecutive day, Tamil Nadu recorded over a 1,000 Covid-19 positive cases on Tuesday. A total of 1,091 cases, including 55 from other States, were reported as against 1,163 on Sunday and 1,149 on Saturday.

The total number of cases in the State has reached 24,586. In Chennai alone, 809 cases were reported on Tuesday to take the total to 16,585 in the city.

With 536 persons recovering today, the number of recovered Covid-19 patients increased to 13,706. This leaves the number of active cases to 10,680.

The number of deaths due to the virus rose to 197 with an increase by 13 on Tuesday, says government data.