Dec 23 - TN COVID Update: 1,066 New Cases | 12 New Deaths | Total - 810,080 Cases & 12,024 Deaths
Galatta | Dec 23, 2020, 06:05 pm
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 1,066 new cases of COVID positive being reported, taking the overall total to 810,080! 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! 302 new cases have been identified in Chennai alone, taking the district's total to 223,209! Kancheepuram has recorded 40 new cases and the district has now registered a total of 28,478 and 282 of them are currently active! Chengalpattu has recorded 49,486 total cases of which 559 are currently active and Thiruvallur has recorded a total of 42,307 cases with 469 of them being currently active. Coimbatore alone has recorded 109 new cases in the last 24 hours, while Chengalpattu has recorded 77 new cases and Thiruvallur has registered 58 new cases!
There have been 12 new COVID related deaths in Tamil Nadu in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 12,024. As of now, Chennai is the district with the most number of COVID cases recorded so far, in the state and has 223,209 cases registered. The total number of active cases in entire Tamil Nadu, stands at 9,314 while the number of active cases in Chennai alone stands at 3,022! There have been 1,131 new recoveries and discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recovered people to 788,742. There have been 70,911 new samples tested, in the past 24 hours alone, taking the total tests to 13,659,300 tests, which is still the highest for any state in our country! 70,534 people have been tested in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of people tested so far, to 13,358,824! 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.
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Check out the district-wise infected cases and detailed stats of recovered people here: