Chennai: Tamilnadu has logged 1,630 new Covid-19 infections, including a returnee from Karnataka, pushing the caseload to 26,60,553, the Health department said.
Chennai once again became the district that reported most number of cases, 184, closely followed by Coimbatore with 183. Erode had 121 cases while Chengalpattu had 117.
Recoveries marginally outnumbered new cases with 1,643 people getting discharged in the last 24 hours, aggregating to 26,07,796 leaving 17,231 active infections.
The test positivity rate in Tamil Nadu stands at 1.1 per cent, with Thanjavur reporting the highest (2.5 per cent) among the districts. The TPR in Chennai is 0.9 per cent.