<span style="color: #222222;">In Tamil Nadu, 178 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals on a single day yesterday. The State has recorded 76 new cases including 55 from Chennai. <br />''<br />''They include some media persons also. The State has, so far, recorded 1,596 positive cases, though the active caseload is 940. Another patient succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the toll to 18.</span><br />