Summary:
Chennai, Oct 4 (PTI) Tamil Nadu continued to maintain a declining trend in the COVID-19 cases with the State on Monday reporting 1,467 new Coronavirus positive cases and 16 deaths.
Chennai with 181 fresh cases, Coimbatore 155 and Chengalpattu 103, are among the three districts that accounted for the maximum numbers, taking the caseload to 26,69,962.
A passenger who arrived from Qatar added to thel 1,467 fresh cases, today, according to a bulletin from the State health department.
With 16 deaths including 6 in private and 10 in government facilities, the toll has risen to 35,666.
On October 1, Tamil Nadu logged 1,597 new infections, which was a decline from 1,612 positive cases recorded on September 30 and the numbers marginally dipped to 1,578 on Saturday and to 1,531 cases on Sunday.
With 1,559 COVID-19 positive patients discharged following treatment today, the cumulative recoveries stand at 26,17,432.