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Chennai, Oct 11 (PTI) Tamil Nadu has reported 304 new COVID-19 infections, including two returnees from Malaysia and West Bengal respectively, pushing the total caseload to 35,87,559.
There were no fresh fatalities and the toll remained 38,048, a medical bulletin said here.
As many as 424 people recovered from the contagion in the last 24 hours, aggregating to 35,45,061 leaving 4,450 active cases.
Chennai accounted for the majority of new cases at 78 while the remaining infections were spread across other districts.
Twenty districts of the 38 reported new cases below 10 while Ariyalur, Dharmapuri, Kallakurichi, Karur, Ramanathapuram, Thanjavur, Tirupathur saw zero infections.
The state capital leads among districts with 2,231 active infections and overall 7,91,512 coronavirus cases.
A total of 12,007 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, pushing the cumulative number of tests so far to 6.95 crore, the bulletin said.
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