For the third consecutive day, over 1,000 persons tested positive for coronavirus in Tamil Nadu, taking the state’s total tally to 24,586.
In a statement issued here, the state Health Department said 1,091 persons tested positive over the past 24 hours and 13 persons died, taking the death toll to 197.
The number of infected children in the age group 0-12 went up to 1,378.