Active COVID-19 infections drop below 15000 in TN
Chennai Oct 17 PTI Active COVID-19 infections in Tamil Nadu dropped below 15000 on Sunday as Tamil Nadu logged 1218 fresh cases pushing the overall caseload to 2687092As many as 15 people succumbed to the deadly virus taking the toll to 35899 a medical bulletin saidRecoveries eclipsed new infections with 1411 people getting discharged in the last 24 hours aggregating to 2636379 leaving 14814 active infections it saidTamil Nadu has been witnessing a decline in daily cases and on August 20 the active infections dropped below 20000A total of 128313 samples were tested in the last 24 hours pushing the cumulative number of specimens examined to 494 crore till dateChennai and Coimbatore recorded new cases with the state capital adding 156 Coimbatore 132 while the remaining was scattered across other districtsSeven districts reported less than 10 new cases while there were no fresh deaths in 30 districts Tenkasi registered the least number of infections at twoAll the deceased were without comorbidity or pre-existing illness the bulletin added PTI VIJ ROH ROH

Chennai Oct 17 PTI Active COVID-19 infections in Tamil Nadu dropped below 15000 on Sunday as Tamil Nadu logged 1218 fresh cases pushing the overall caseload to 2687092As many as 15 people succumbed to the deadly virus taking the toll to 35899 a medical bulletin saidRecoveries eclipsed new infections with 1411 people getting discharged in the last 24 hours aggregating to 2636379 leaving 14814 active infections it saidTamil Nadu has been witnessing a decline in daily cases and on August 20 the active infections dropped below 20000A total of 128313 samples were tested in the last 24 hours pushing the cumulative number of specimens examined to 494 crore till dateChennai and Coimbatore recorded new cases with the state capital adding 156 Coimbatore 132 while the remaining was scattered across other districtsSeven districts reported less than 10 new cases while there were no fresh deaths in 30 districts Tenkasi registered the least number of infections at twoAll the deceased were without comorbidity or pre-existing illness the bulletin added PTI VIJ ROH ROH