Tamil Nadu registered 1,464 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday November 26, taking the overall infection count to 7,76,174, and the 14 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 11,669. Recoveries continued to overlap the new infections as the day registered 1,797 people being discharged from healthcare facilities, taking the overall tally to 7,53,332, a Health department bulletin said. 

The active cases in the state stood at 11,173. The state has been witnessing a decline in the number of new cases and since November 13, the daily count has been below 2,000. Two districts, including the state capital Chennai and Coimbatore, logged cases in triple digits. Chennai adding 396 fresh cases and Coimbatore 158, while the rest were spread across other districts. 

Chennai continued to top the list of cases with 2,13,801 infections of the more than 7.76 lakh in the state. A total of 60,964 samples were tested on Thursday, taking the cumulative number of tests to 1,18,02,567. Of the 14 fatalities reported on a day, six succumbed to the virus in private hospitals and another eight in government facilities. A 94-year old man from Coimbatore with various comorbidities including coronary artery disease died due to COVID-19 pneumonia. So far Chennai accounted for 3,837 deaths of the total 11,669 deaths. A private lab in Tirupur district was accorded approval for taking up COVID-19 testing, taking the total number of facilities operating in the State to 219, of which 67 are run by the government, the bulletin said. 

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