29 districts in Tamil Nadu have nil cases of Covid

Tamil Nadu recorded 35 cases of Covid on Thursday, taking the cases so far in the State to 34,52,825. Chennai recorded 17 new cases while four cases were reported in Coimbatore. As many as 29 districts across the State did not report any case.

The active cases dropped to 306 cases with the highest of 131 cases reported in Chennai. Coimbatore has 32 active cases.

About 29,841 samples were tested in the past 24 hours, and the positivity rate in the State stands at 0.1 per cent. The highest total positivity rate was recorded in Chennai with a TPR of 0.6 per cent.

With no deaths due to Covid being reported in the State, the death toll stands at 38,025. At least 51 people were recorded as recovered from infection in the past 24 hours, taking the total recoveries so far to 34,14,494.