Chennai: Tamilnadu today registered 1,612 new Covid-19 cases, and the total number of infections has touched 26,63,789.
The capital city of Chennai today registered 183 cases. With this, the total number of persons affected by the pandemic in the metropolis has touched 5,49,827.
As far as Chennai’s neighbouring districts are concerned, Chengalpattu today registered 112 new cases, Kancheepuram saw 36 infections in the last 24 hours, and Thiruvallur posted 68 positive cases.
The districts of Cuddalore and Coimbatore today witnessed 34 and 176 new cases, respectively. 28 patients died today, taking the total number of fatalities in the State due to the pandemic to 35,578.
On the positive side, 1,626 patients were discharged from various hospitals in Tamilnadu today. With this, the total number of recoveries in the State has touched 26,11,061.