Summary:
Chennai, Oct 15 (PTI) Tamil Nadu on Friday added 1,245 new Covid-19 infections, pushing the caseload to 26,84,641, while the death toll rose to 35,869 with 16 more deaths, the health department said.
The fresh cases included two returnees from New Delhi and Karnataka, respectively.
Recoveries eclipsed new infections with 1,442 people getting discharged in the last 24 hours, aggregating to 26,33,534, leaving 15,238 active infections, a bulletin said.
A total of 1,35,760 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, pushing the cumulative number of specimens examined to 4,91,53,252.
Chennai and Coimbatore accounted for the majority of new infections with the State capital adding 167 cases and Coimbatore 139, while the remaining were scattered across other districts.
Eight districts reported new cases below double digits, while there were no fresh deaths in 30 districts.