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Chennai, Aug 31 (PTI): Tamil Nadu recorded 1,512 new Covid-19 cases pushing the overall caseload to 26,14,872 till date while 22 people succumbed to the virus taking the toll to 34,921, the Health department said on Tuesday.
Recoveries outnumbered new infections with 1,725 people getting discharged in the last 24 hours, aggregating to 25,63,101, leaving 16,850 active infections, a medical bulletin said.
A total of 1,51,012 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, pushing the cumulative number of specimens examined to 4,23,17,923 till date.
As many as three districts comprised the majority of new infections with Chennai adding 189 cases, Coimbatore 173, Erode 141, while the remaining were scattered across other districts.
Twenty-eight districts reported new cases below double digits, while there were no fresh deaths in 24 districts.
Dindigul, Perambalur, Theni, Thirupathur, Tuticorin and Virudhunagar recorded new infections in single digits with Ramanathapuram adding just a single case on Tuesday.