Chennai: Tamilnadu reported 621 new Covid-19 infections, including a returnee from the United Arab Emirates, taking the caseload to 27,38,583 while the death toll rose to 36,667 with 11 more deaths.
Chennai, which continued to top the table with 127 fresh cases, recorded nil Covid-19 deaths after a number of weeks. Coimbatore, which logged 102 cases, also had zero deaths. There were 48 cases in Erode, while Tiruppur and Chengalpattu recorded 45 and 44 cases, respectively. A total of 37 people in Salem and 34 in Namakkal tested positive for the infection.
A total of 1,05,974 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, pushing the cumulative number of specimens examined to 5,60,13,280.
The overall positivity rate in the State stood at 0.6 per cent. Chennai, recording a decline, was at 0.8 per cent. A total of 1,86,354 people were vaccinated against Covid-19 in the State on Friday.