Chennai, Oct 10 (UNI) The coronavirus tally crossed the 6.5 lakh mark in Tamil Nadu on Saturday with 5,242 fresh cases being reported in the last 24 hours.
The State’s overall case load stood at 6,51,370 till date.
The death toll from the pandemic mounted to 10,187 with 67 more fatalities.
Health department in its bulletin said of the 67 deaths, 36 were reported in government hospitals and 31 in private hospitals.
The total number of active cases stood at 44,150.
A total of 91,191 samples were tested by RT-PCR in the last 24 hours taking the total number of samples tested till date to 82,32,725.
A total of 5,222 patients were discharged in the day, taking the count of recovered cases to 5,97,033.
Chennai recorded 1,272 fresh cases today, taking the city’s caseload to 1,80,751 while the death toll increased to 3,396 with 23 more fatalities.
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