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An additional 5,697 coronavirus cases were reported in the last 24 hours in Tamil Nadu to take the total number of infections to 5,14,208.
After 5,735 Covid-19 patients were discharged (total 4,58,900), the number of active cases stood at 46,806.
In the last 24 hours, 80,623 samples were tested. The number of deaths increased by 68 to a total of 8,502.
The number of infections in Chennai was 989; patients discharged - 1,530; deaths - 12 and active cases in the city declined to less than 10,000 to were 9,883.
Some of the districts that reported higher number of cases include Chengalpattu - 324; Coimbatore - 485; Cuddalore - 268; Erode - 135; Kallakurichi - 127; Kancheepuram - 198; Kanyakumari - 103; Nagapattinam - 111; Salem - 292; Thanjavur -160; Thiruvallur - 283; Thiruvannamalai - 189; Thiruvarur - 129; Tiruppur -262; Tirunelveli - 117; Tiruchi - 103; Vellore -134 and Villupuram - 134, according to the Health Ministry.
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