Chennai: As many as 35 people died due to Covid-19 on Wednesday, when Tamilnadu added 26,981 new cases compared to 23,888 cases on Tuesday.
The total cases included 32 returnees from other countries/states. As many as 17,456 people recovered in the past 24 hours leaving 1,70,661 active infections. The positivity rate stood at 17.91 per cent.
Chennai district accounted for 8,007 of the new Covid-19 cases registered in Tamilnadu on Wednesday, while Coimbatore logged 3,082 and Chengalpet recorded 2,194 cases.
Five districts recorded 700-plus cases – Kancheepuram (718), Madurai (732), Salem (785), Tirunelveli (713) and Tiruppur (756).
Tamilnadu increased the number of samples tested to 1,50,635. Till date, a total of 5,99,80,920 samples have been tested in the State.