It is that time of the day when the official numbers of the COVID-19 cases are released and here we bring it for you along with a comprehensive round-up of all the details! The numbers have been remaining steadily high over the past couple of days! The last 24 hours show that Tamil Nadu has had 5890 new cases of COVID positive being reported, taking the overall total to 343,945! Of these, 1185 new cases have been identified in Chennai alone, taking the district's total to 117,839! Kancheepuram has recorded 174 new cases and the district has now registered a total of 14035, while 2798 of them are currently active! Chengalpattu has recorded 21151 total cases of which 2800 are currently active and Madurai has recorded a total of 12888 cases with 1140 of them being currently active. Coimbatore alone has recorded 393 new cases in the last 24 hours, while Cuddalore registered 390 new cases and Thiruvallur has recorded 308 new cases!

There have been 120 new COVID related deaths in Tamil Nadu in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 5886. The number of deaths per day has now been crossing 100 for well over 10 days! As of now, Chennai is the district with the most number of COVID cases recorded so far, in the state and has 117,839 cases registered. The total number of active cases in entire Tamil Nadu, stands at 54,122 while the number of active cases in Chennai alone stands at 12,003! After crossing the number of new cases yesterday, the number of recoveries has again dropped below it, even though it is just by a small margin! There have been 5667 new recoveries and discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recovered people to 283,937. There have been 67,532 new samples tested, in the past 24 hours alone, taking the total tests to 3,778,778 tests, which is still the highest for any state in our country! 

Aug 17 TN COVID Update 5890 new cases total 343945 120 New Deaths

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Check out the district-wise infected cases and detailed stats of recovered people here:

Aug 17 TN COVID Update 5890 new cases total 343945 120 New DeathsAug 17 TN COVID Update 5890 new cases total 343945 120 New DeathsAug 17 TN COVID Update 5890 new cases total 343945 120 New Deaths