Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government reported 4,985 Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, which took the number of cases to 1,75,678, while 3,861 patients were discharged from various hospitals.
The 70 new Covid-19 fatalities increased the toll to 2,551.
The number of discharged patients in the state is 1,21,776, and active cases 51,348.
The count of infected children in the age group 0-12 went up to 8,776.
The state capital Chennai continues to head the Covid-19 infection table with 1,298 people testing positive and and tally standing at 87,235. The active cases in the city is 15,127, while the number of patients discharged stood at 1,269.
–IANS