Dec 09 - TN COVID Update: 1,217 New Cases | 14 New Deaths | Total - 794,020 Cases & 11,836 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 last 24 hours show that Tamil Nadu has had 1,217 new cases of COVID positive being reported, taking the overall total to 794,020! After over months together of continuously recording over 3,000 new cases each day since May, Tamil Nadu finally begun recording less than 1,500 cases in recent days. The good news is that the numbers are continuing to reduce steadily and Chennai's daily new cases tally has been steadily recording below 400 in these recent days and is expected to go below 300 soon! 347 new cases have been identified in Chennai alone, taking the district's total to 218,549! Kancheepuram has recorded 48 new cases and the district has now registered a total of 27,985 and 227 of them are currently active! Chengalpattu has recorded 48,414 total cases of which 566 are currently active and Thiruvallur has recorded a total of 41,516 cases with 439 of them being currently active. Coimbatore alone has recorded 133 new cases in the last 24 hours, while Chengalpattu registered 78 new cases and Salem recorded 72 new cases! 

There have been 14 new COVID related deaths in Tamil Nadu in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 11,836. As of now, Chennai is the district with the most number of COVID cases recorded so far, in the state and has 218,549 cases registered. The total number of active cases in entire Tamil Nadu, stands at 10,491 while the number of active cases in Chennai alone stands at 3,236! There have been 1,315 new recoveries and discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recovered people to 771,693. There have been 70,262 new samples tested, in the past 24 hours alone, taking the total tests to 12,675,551 tests, which is still the highest for any state in our country! 69,824 people have been tested in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of people tested so far, to 12,380,748! There are reports that the overal COVID cases is on a downward trend in India and that our country has gone past the peak of the infection. 

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