Chennai: As many as 1,562 persons tested positive for Coronavirus over the past 24 hours in Tamil Nadu, the state Health Department said on Monday.
In a statement issued here, the Health Department said that the new cases take the tally to 33,229 persons.
Seventeen Covid-19 patients died on Monday, taking the death toll to 286.
A total of 528 persons were discharged from various hospitals in the state. The total number of Covid-19 cured persons in the state stands at 17,527.
The number of active cases including in the isolation centres is at 15,413.
