Chennai: The number of people testing positive for Covid-19 in Tamilnadu fell below 1,800 on Wednesday. The State recorded 1,797 fresh cases and 31 deaths, taking the tally to 25,94,233 and the toll to 34,610.
A total of 1,57,339 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, pushing the cumulative number of specimens examined to 4,02,66,227.
Recoveries eclipsed new infections with 1,908 people getting discharged in the last 24 hours, aggregating to 25,39,540, leaving 20,083 active infections, a medical bulletin said.
Chennai reported 198 new cases (209 on Tuesday), while Coimbatore saw 210 additional cases (206).
The number of active cases fell marginally to 20,083. These include 2,355 people in Coimbatore, 2,061 in Chennai and 1,841 in Erode.