Chennai: Tamilnadu has reported 718 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours.
According to the Tamilnadu government health bulletin, the State has reported a total of 27,27,635 cases.
With 11 deaths reported in the last 24 hours due to the disease, the death toll climbed up to 36,492. The total active cases stood at 8,200.
Slight variations in daily cases continued in a number of districts, particularly in Chennai and Coimbatore, where cases continued to exceed 100. In Chennai, 117 people tested positive for Covid-19. Chengalpattu, too, saw a slight rise in fresh cases as 64 people tested positive as against 53 on the previous day.
A total of 1,00,562 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, pushing the cumulative number of specimens examined to 5,43,70,909. As many as 24 districts reported below 10 Covid-19 infections, while Tenkasi and Theni both recorded zero new cases, the bulletin said.