<p>Tamil Nadu has recorded 1,430 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, taking the overall infection count to 7,79,046, while 13 more fatalities pushed the toll to 11,694.</p>.<p>Recoveries continued to outnumber new cases with 1,453 people being discharged from health care facilities, taking the aggregate to 7,56,279, a health department bulletin said. Active cases in the state stood at 11,073.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/coronavirus-live-news-covid-19-latest-updates.html" target="_blank"><strong>CORONAVIRUS SPECIAL COVERAGE ONLY ON DH</strong></a></p>.<p>Two districts, including the state capital, logged cases in triple digits with Chennai adding 393 and Coimbatore 142, while the rest were scattered across other districts.</p>.<p>Chennai continued to top the list of cases with 2,14,577 infections out of more than 7.79 lakh in the state. A total of 66,063 samples were tested on Saturday, taking the cumulative total to 1,19,30,240 specimens examined so far.</p>.<p>Of the 13 fatalities reported, seven succumbed to the virus in private hospitals and six in government facilities. All the deceased were ailing with chronic illness or co- morbidities.</p>.<p>The youngest victim was a 32-year-old woman from Chennai while the oldest was a 95-year-old man from Chennai, it said. The state capital also topped in the number of fatalities, accounting for 3,843 of the total of 11,694 deaths.</p>.<p>Two of those who tested positive were returnees from Bihar, the bulletin said. </p>
<p>Tamil Nadu has recorded 1,430 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, taking the overall infection count to 7,79,046, while 13 more fatalities pushed the toll to 11,694.</p>.<p>Recoveries continued to outnumber new cases with 1,453 people being discharged from health care facilities, taking the aggregate to 7,56,279, a health department bulletin said. Active cases in the state stood at 11,073.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/coronavirus-live-news-covid-19-latest-updates.html" target="_blank"><strong>CORONAVIRUS SPECIAL COVERAGE ONLY ON DH</strong></a></p>.<p>Two districts, including the state capital, logged cases in triple digits with Chennai adding 393 and Coimbatore 142, while the rest were scattered across other districts.</p>.<p>Chennai continued to top the list of cases with 2,14,577 infections out of more than 7.79 lakh in the state. A total of 66,063 samples were tested on Saturday, taking the cumulative total to 1,19,30,240 specimens examined so far.</p>.<p>Of the 13 fatalities reported, seven succumbed to the virus in private hospitals and six in government facilities. All the deceased were ailing with chronic illness or co- morbidities.</p>.<p>The youngest victim was a 32-year-old woman from Chennai while the oldest was a 95-year-old man from Chennai, it said. The state capital also topped in the number of fatalities, accounting for 3,843 of the total of 11,694 deaths.</p>.<p>Two of those who tested positive were returnees from Bihar, the bulletin said. </p>