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 last 24 hours show that Tamil Nadu has had 1,236 new cases of COVID positive being reported, taking the overall total to 792,788! After over months together of continuously recording over 3,000 new cases each day since May, Tamil Nadu finally begun recording less than 1,500 cases in recent days. The good news is that the numbers are continuing to reduce steadily and Chennai's daily new cases tally has been steadily recording below 400 in these recent days and is expected to go below 300 soon! 333 new cases have been identified in Chennai alone, taking the district's total to 218,198! Kancheepuram has recorded 39 new cases and the district has now registered a total of 27,947 and 232 of them are currently active! Chengalpattu has recorded 48,330 total cases of which 578 are currently active and Thiruvallur has recorded a total of 41,468 cases with 465 of them being currently active. Coimbatore alone has recorded 122 new cases in the last 24 hours, while Tiruppur registered 73 new cases and Chengalpattu recorded 70 new cases! 

There have been 13 new COVID related deaths in Tamil Nadu in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 11,822. As of now, Chennai is the district with the most number of COVID cases recorded so far, in the state and has 218,198 cases registered. The total number of active cases in entire Tamil Nadu, stands at 10,588 while the number of active cases in Chennai alone stands at 3,252! There have been 1,330 new recoveries and discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recovered people to 770,378. There have been 65,186 new samples tested, in the past 24 hours alone, taking the total tests to 12,605,289 tests, which is still the highest for any state in our country! 64,743 people have been tested in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of people tested so far, to 12,310,934! There are reports that the overal COVID cases is on a downward trend in India and that our country has gone past the peak of the infection. 

Dec 08 TN COVID Update 1236 new cases total 792788 13 New Deaths

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

Dec 08 TN COVID Update 1236 new cases total 792788 13 New DeathsDec 08 TN COVID Update 1236 new cases total 792788 13 New DeathsDec 08 TN COVID Update 1236 new cases total 792788 13 New Deaths