Showing further decline, Tamil Nadu logs 782 COVID cases

Chennai continues to record the highest number with 116 cases, followed by 115 in Coimbatore, 72 in Erode, and 61 in Chengalpattu. 

After 1,01,984 people were tested for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, the test positivity rate (TPR) in Tamil Nadu stands at 0.8 percent, where Chengalpattu and Coimbatore recorded 1.3 percent each; Namakkal and Tirupur, 1.2 percent each; Salem, 1.1 percent; and Erode, the Nilgiris and Thanjavur, 1 percent each.

The State recorded 13 deaths—5 in private hospitals and 8 in government facilities—taking the total number of deaths to 36,324. A total of 26,71,668 people have recovered after 907 more people were discharged from several hospitals across the State on Wednesday.