Chennai: Twenty four persons tested positive for Covid-19 in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, and the number of districts reporting fresh infections dropped to six. Chennai, after recording fewer than 10 cases in the last two days, reported 11 cases.
The death toll remained unchanged at 38,025 with zero fatalities getting reported in the last 24 hours, a medical bulletin said.
Recoveries grew to 34,14,674 with 31 more people getting discharged in the last 24 hours leaving 256 active infections, it said.
Presently, 256 persons were under treatment in the State. Of this, Chennai accounted for 114 active cases, Chengalpattu 25 and Coimbatore 18.
The number of samples tested fell to 19,156. With this, a total of 6,57,13,531 samples were tested in the State.
As many as 32 districts reported zero new cases. The State capital leads among districts with 7,51,142 cases overall.