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 1,071 new cases of COVID positive being reported, taking the overall total to 807,962! Today is the first day in months that the number of daily new cases has come down below 1,100! 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! 306 new cases have been identified in Chennai alone, taking the district's total to 222,580! Kancheepuram has recorded 35 new cases and the district has now registered a total of 28,411 and 248 of them are currently active! Chengalpattu has recorded 49,335 total cases of which 516 are currently active and Thiruvallur has recorded a total of 42,186 cases with 466 of them being currently active. Coimbatore alone has recorded 109 new cases in the last 24 hours, while Chengalpattu has recorded 65 new cases and Salem has registered 60 new cases! 

There have been 12 new COVID related deaths in Tamil Nadu in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 11,995. As of now, Chennai is the district with the most number of COVID cases recorded so far, in the state and has 222,580 cases registered. The total number of active cases in entire Tamil Nadu, stands at 9,495 while the number of active cases in Chennai alone stands at 3,017! There have been 1,157 new recoveries and discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recovered people to 786,472. There have been 63,016 new samples tested, in the past 24 hours alone, taking the total tests to 13,523,032 tests, which is still the highest for any state in our country! 62,630 people have been tested in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of people tested so far, to 13,223,313! 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 21 TN COVID Update 1071 new cases total 807962 12 New Deaths 1157 new recoveries

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Dec 21 TN COVID Update 1071 new cases total 807962 12 New Deaths 1157 new recoveriesDec 21 TN COVID Update 1071 new cases total 807962 12 New Deaths 1157 new recoveriesDec 21 TN COVID Update 1071 new cases total 807962 12 New Deaths 1157 new recoveries