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 1,218 new cases of COVID positive being reported, taking the overall total to 797,693! 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! 345 new cases have been identified in Chennai alone, taking the district's total to 219,526! Kancheepuram has recorded 41 new cases and the district has now registered a total of 28,117 and 224 of them are currently active! Chengalpattu has recorded 48,647 total cases of which 504 are currently active and Thiruvallur has recorded a total of 41,709 cases with 445 of them being currently active. Coimbatore alone has recorded 120 new cases in the last 24 hours, while Tiruvallur and Chengalpattu have registered 72 new cases each! 

There have been 13 new COVID related deaths in Tamil Nadu in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 11,8883. As of now, Chennai is the district with the most number of COVID cases recorded so far, in the state and has 219,526 cases registered. The total number of active cases in entire Tamil Nadu, stands at 10,208 while the number of active cases in Chennai alone stands at 3,226! There have been 1,218 new recoveries and discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recovered people to 775,602. There have been 72,122 new samples tested, in the past 24 hours alone, taking the total tests to 12,887,037 tests, which is still the highest for any state in our country! 71,690 people have been tested in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of people tested so far, to 12,590,941! 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 12 TN COVID Update 1218 new cases total 797693 13 New Deaths 1296 new recoveries

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

Dec 12 TN COVID Update 1218 new cases total 797693 13 New Deaths 1296 new recoveriesDec 12 TN COVID Update 1218 new cases total 797693 13 New Deaths 1296 new recoveriesDec 12 TN COVID Update 1218 new cases total 797693 13 New Deaths 1296 new recoveries