CHENNAI: The state added 1,578 new Covid -19 cases on Saturday compared to 1,597 on Friday and 1,612 on Thursday. Despite the decline in total number of cases, at least 14 districts including Thiruvarur and Madurai reported an increase in the last 24 hours.
The 24 deaths took the cumulative death toll to 35,627. At the end of the day, after 1,607 people were discharged and there were17,046 active cases in the registry. Active cases in all districts dropped below the 2000-mark – with 1,990 in Coimbatore and 1937 in Chennai.
Chennai, which continued to report the maximum number of cases, logged188 cases on Saturday — two less than 190 new cases the city reported on Friday. After Chennai, Coimbatore district reported 163 cases compared to 170 new cases on Friday. Chengalpet
(107) was the only other district to report more than 100 cases. Erode and Thanjavur reported 95 and 94 cases respectively.
The sharpest increase was reported from Thiruvarur, where cases went up to 62 on Saturday from 51 on Friday. In Madurai and Virudhunagar cases went up to 35 and 19 respectively compared to 25 and 9 on Friday. At least 11 other districts reported an increase between 1 and 8 new cases compared to their Friday tally.
On Saturday, Chennai reported five deaths, followed by three in Kancheepuram and two each in Chengalpet, Thiruvarur, Thiruvallur and Vellore. Eight districts reported one death each, and 24 others reported zero deaths.
Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/tamil-nadu-reports-1578-new-covid-19-cases-24-deaths/articleshow/86720372.cms
