Oct 22 - TN COVID Update: 3,077 New Cases | 45 New Deaths | Total - 700,193 Cases & 10,825 Deaths
Galatta | Oct 22, 2020, 07:00 pm
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 3,077 new cases of COVID positive being reported, taking the overall total to 700,193! After 99 days of continuously recording over 4,000 new cases each day, Tamil Nadu has been recording less than 4,000 cases for five consecutive days now with the numbers reducing steadily! Of these, 833 new cases have been identified in Chennai alone, taking the district's total to 193,299! Kancheepuram has recorded 99 new cases and the district has now registered a total of 24,772, while 630 of them are currently active! Chengalpattu has recorded 42,063 total cases of which 1,515 are currently active and Thiruvallur has recorded a total of 36,657 cases with 1,314 of them being currently active. Coimbatore alone has recorded 285 new cases in the last 24 hours, while Chengalpattu registered 193 new cases and Thiruvallur recorded 170 new cases!
There have been 45 new COVID related deaths in Tamil Nadu in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 10,825. As of now, Chennai is the district with the most number of COVID cases recorded so far, in the state and has 193,299 cases registered. The total number of active cases in entire Tamil Nadu, stands at 34,198 while the number of active cases in Chennai alone stands at 11,107! There have been 4,314 new recoveries and discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recovered people to 655,170. There have been 81,259 new samples tested, in the past 24 hours alone, taking the total tests to 9,275,108 tests, which is still the highest for any state in our country! 79,821 people have been tested in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of people tested so far, to 9,019,152! 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: