Chennai: The daily count of Covid-19 cases in Tamilnadu dropped marginally to 649 on Tuesday. Chennai and Coimbatore continued to account for more than one-third of the fresh infections, while Ariyalur, Kallakurichi and Theni reported no cases.
As many as 695 people recovered from the disease during this period taking the total number of recovered patients to 26,92,451.
The state recorded nine deaths taking the death toll to 36,633. The total number of cases in the State stands at 27,36,695 with 7,611 active cases.
The overall TPR stood at 0.7 per cent after 1,03,657 people were tested in the past 24 hours. Chennaiās TPR was at 0.9 per cent and the highest of 1.4 per cent was in Namakkal.
Another 2,19,311 persons were vaccinated across the State. The coverage reached 7,51,75,160 at government vaccination centres.