Chennai, July 4 As many as 4,280 more persons tested positive for coronavirus in Tamil Nadu over the last 24-hour cycle, taking the state's total tally till date to 107,001, the Health Department said on Saturday.
In all, 65 more patients succumbed to the virus, taking the state's death toll to 1,450.
On the positive side, 2,214 patients were cured and discharged from various hospitals, which took the total number of cured patients in the southern state to 60,592.
The active cases now in the state total 44,956.
The infected children in the age group 0-12 went up to 5,277 in Tamil Nadu.
State capital Chennai continued to lead the caseload, with 1,842 new cases and total tally at 66,538. The active cases in the city stands at 24,195.
( With inputs from IANS )