Chennai: After hovering above 1,700, the daily count of Covid-19 cases in Tamilnadu dropped to 1,694 on Sunday.
Since 8 September, when the state had 16,190 patients, this figure has been on the rise. At present, there are 17,285 active cases in Tamilnadu.
The test positivity rate (TPR) in Tamil Nadu stands at 1.1 per cent, while it went down to 0.8 per cent in Chennai. The highest TPR was recorded in Tiruvarur that had 2 per cent positivity rate.
As many as 1,54,692 people were tested in 24 hours, according to the daily bulletin from the Directorate of Public Health.
A total of 26,04,491 people have been discharged in the State so far, including the 1,658 people discharged on Sunday.
As many as four districts accounted for majority of new infections with Coimbatore adding 196 cases, Chennai 190 , Erode and Chengalpet recording 118 cases each, while the remaining was scattered across other districts.