With 477 more people testing positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, Tamil Nadu's virus count reached 10,585 on Saturday.
After three more virus-related deaths, the state's death toll reached 74, said the state's health department. Among those who tested positive include four returnees from Dhaka and 81 passengers who reached the state from Maharashtra.
On Friday, six Maldives returnees had tested positive for the virus in the state. An Air India flight carrying 157 passengers from Dhaka, Bangladesh landed at the Chennai International Airport on Thursday.
The flight is part of the Vande Bharat Mission of the Indian government to bring back the Indians stranded overseas due to Covid-19 pandemic.