Chennai, Oct 19 (UNI) The total COVID-19 cases mounted to 6,90,936 in Tamil Nadu on Monday, after the State reported 3,536 new cases while the death toll due to the virus climbed to 10,691 with 49 more people succumbing to the infection.
Health department in its bulleting said of the 49 deaths, 25 were reported in private hospitals and 24 in government hospitals.
The total number of active cases stood at 38,093.
A total of 85,130 samples were tested by RT-PCR in the last 24 hours taking the total number of samples tested till date to 90,31,696.
A total of 4,515 patients were discharged in the day, taking the count of recovered cases to 6,42,152.
After a gap of 25-days, fresh cases in Chennai have dipped below the 1,000-mark and touched 885 today. The caseload of the city stands at 1,90,949 while the death rose to 3,536 with 16 more fatalities.
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