Chennai: Tamilnadu on Friday night reported 37 new Covid-19 infections, taking the cases so far to 34,52,612. With zero deaths, the toll remains at 38,025.
Recoveries rose to 34,14,141 with 66 people getting discharged in the last 24 hours, and there were 446 active infections, said a bulletin from the Health department.
There were zero cases in 22 districts. Among the remaining districts, Chennai had 11 cases, while there were five in Chengalpattu and three each in Coimbatore and Tiruchi. Nine districts reported a single case each.
With 32,237 samples being tested for Covid-19 in the State, the positivity rate in the State stood at 0.1 per cent. The Nilgiris, Chengalpattu and Chennai saw a 0.4 per cent positivity rate. The active cases stood at 446 on Friday.
Cumulatively, the number of specimens examined was 6,54,22,215 until now.
A total of 1,62,704 persons were vaccinated across the State on Friday. This included 1,17,558 children aged 12 to 14 and 18,420 children aged 15 to 18.