Chennai: Tamilnadu has posted 627 new Covid-19 cases, taking the infection count to 27,37,962, while the death toll climbed to 36,656 with 12 more deaths.
Recoveries outnumbered new infections with 687 people getting discharged in the last 24 hours, a medical bulletin said.
There were 12 deaths registered and 1,04,531 samples tested. New cases in Chennai were 124 (126) and the number declined in Coimbatore to 102 (106).
There were 1,343 persons under treatment in Chennai followed by 1,140 persons in Coimbatore. There were 583 active cases in Tiruppur, 582 in Erode and 567 in Chengalpattu.