Chennai, Sep 26 (IANS): As many as 5,647 more coronavirus cases were detected in Tamil Nadu over the past 24 hours, taking its total tally to 575,017, the Health Department said on Saturday.
In a statement issued here, the department said 5,612 patients were cured and discharged from various hospitals to take the total recoveries to 519,448.
The state recorded 85 more Covid-19 deaths, taking the death toll till date to 9,233 in Tamil Nadu that now has 46,336 active cases.
The number of infected children in the state in the age group 0-12 went up to 23,284.
State capital Chennai continued to lead the Covid-19 infection table with 1,187 more persons testing positive. Its total tally stands at 162,125.