Summary:
Chennai, Dec 7 (PTI) Tamil Nadu on Tuesday added 710 new Covid-19 infections including two returnees from West Bengal, pushing the tally to 27,31,945, while the death toll rose to 36,549 with 10 more fatalities.
Recoveries eclipsed new infections with 731 people getting discharged in the last 24 hours, aggregating to 26,87,414 leaving 7,982 active infections, a medical bulletin said.
A total of 1,00,393 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, pushing the cumulative number of specimens examined to 5,49,85,621.
Chennai and Coimbatore accounted for the majority of new infections with 126 and 122 cases, respectively, while the remaining were scattered across other districts.
As many as 23 districts reported new Covid-19 infections below 10, while Ariyalur, Pudukottai and Virudhunagar clocked zero new cases each, the bulletin said.
Meanwhile, Minister for Medical and Family Welfare Ma Subramanian said the government"s new scheme "Nammai Kaakum 48" to help the injured in road accidents would be launched by Chief Minister M K Stalin at the Melmaruvathur Adhiparasakthi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research on December 18.