TN reports 6,120 fresh coronavirus cases, less than 1,000 cases reported in all districts

The COVID-19 numbers saw a further decline in the State logging 6,120 cases on Sunday, taking the total number of cases to 34,10,882.

A drop in the number of daily cases was witnessed with less than 1,000 cases being reported in all the districts. The active cases dropped to 1,21,828 cases and the highest number of active cases was reported in Chennai with 17,865 cases, while 14,124 active cases are present in Coimbatore.

The highest number of 972 cases were recorded in Chennai, while 911 cases were reported in Coimbatore. Meanwhile, 531 cases were reported in Chengalpattu, followed by 473 cases in Tirupur. A total of 26 deaths were reported in the State, taking the toll to 37,759. As many as eight deaths were recorded in Chennai.

About 1,15,822 samples were tested in the past 24 hours, taking the positivity rate in the State to 5.9 per cent.