Sep 03 - TN COVID Update: 5892 New Cases | 92 New Deaths | Total - 445,851 Cases & 7608 Deaths

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 steadily reducing for quite a while now! The last 24 hours show that Tamil Nadu has had 5892 new cases of COVID positive being reported, taking the overall total to 445,851! Of these, 968 new cases have been identified in Chennai alone, taking the district's total to 138,724! Kancheepuram has recorded 150 new cases and the district has now registered a total of 17,818, while 1711 of them are currently active! Chengalpattu has recorded 27286 total cases of which 2836 are currently active and Thiruvallur has recorded a total of 25563 cases with 1364 of them being currently active. Coimbatore alone has recorded 593 new cases in the last 24 hours, while Cuddalore registered 590 new cases and Chengalpattu has recorded 378 new cases!

There have been 92 new COVID related deaths in Tamil Nadu in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 7608. The number of deaths per day has been remaining below 100 for some days now after being over 100 for nearly a month! As of now, Chennai is the district with the most number of COVID cases recorded so far, in the state and has 138,724 cases registered. The total number of active cases in entire Tamil Nadu, stands at 52,070 while the number of active cases in Chennai alone stands at 12,059! There have been 6110 new recoveries and discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recovered people to 386,173. There have been 82,901 new samples tested, in the past 24 hours alone, taking the total tests to 5,047,042 tests, which is still the highest for any state in our country! Thus, Tamil Nadu has become the first state in India to complete testing over 5 million samples! 

We urge all our readers, viewers and subscribers to follow all the government mandated guidelines and stay safe at home! Break the chain and flatten the curve! 

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