A total of 5,918 people tested positive for COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu on August 16, taking the total number of active cases to 54,019.
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Here, we provide you the district wise breakup of the total cases:
Ariyalur- 584 (77 today)
Chengalpattu- 3,032 (436 today)
Chennai- 11,498 (1,196 today)
Coimbatore- 2,377 (395 today)
Cuddalore- 2,728 (185 today)
Dharmapuri- 194 (20 today)
Dindigul- 728 (110 today)
Erode- 526 (103 today)
Kallakurichi- 710 (72 today)
Kancheepuram- 2,847 (307 today)
Kanyakumari- 1,459 (133 today)
Karur- 264 (30 today)
Krishnagiri- 364 (51 today)
Madurai- 1,039 (121 today)
Nagapattinam- 689 (66 today)
Namakkal- 279 (42 today)
Nilgiris- 121 (24 today)
Perambalur- 20 (42 today)
Pudukottai- 1,363 (187 today)
Ramanathapuram- 499 (58 today)
Ranipet – 1,490 (152 today)
Salem- 1,560 (177 today)
Sivagangai- 417 (54 today)
Tenkasi- 1,186 (86 today)
Thanjavur- 1,007 (124 today)
Theni- 2,929 (205 today)
Thirupathur- 567 (12 today)
Thiruvallur- 4081 (488 today)
Thiruvannamalai- 1,846 (98 today)
Thiruvarur- 398 (65 today)
Thoothukudi- 1,124 (94 today)
Tirunelveli- 1,447 (130 today)
Tiruppur- 457 (34 today)
Trichy- 903 (104 today)
Vellore- 1,173 (264 today)
Villupuram- 756 (130 today)
Virudhunagar- 963 (76 today)
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