For the first time in a month, fresh COVID-19 cases dropped below the 1,000-mark in Chennai and Coimbatore on Sunday, when Tamil Nadu reported 6,120 infections out of the 1,15,822 persons tested. The overall case tally rose to 34,10,882.
The State also recorded the death of 26 persons (16 died at private hospitals and 10 at government institutions). All of them had pre-existing health conditions. The toll mounted to 37,759.