Chennai: new cases continued to increase on Saturday, when Tamil Nadu reported 1,986 cases compared to 1,947 on Friday and 1,859 on Thursday.
At least 23 districts record a new surge in case.
Tolls reached 34,076 on Saturday with 26 new deaths.
In Coimbatore, a new case rose from 230 on Friday to 246 on Saturday in the new case Chennai fell to 204 of 215 on Thursday.
All other districts reported less than 200 cases.
Coimbatore reported an increase for the sixth day.
Cases in Erode down from171 on Friday to165 on Saturday.
The biggest surge in the last 24 hours was reported in Tiruvarur – with 53 new cases compared to 28 on Friday – followed by Thanjavur.
After using 2,178 patients, the state has 20,716 people on the active list.
Active cases remain below 2,000 in all districts, but the number of people undergoing treatment for Covid-19 in Coimbatore rose to 1,940 from reporting 1,917 on Friday and 1,905 on Thursday.
Chennai and Erode also saw an increase in active core cases.
Of the 26 reported deaths, Tiruppur contributed six, followed by four in Salem, three in namakkal and two each in Trichy and Cuddalore.
While nine districts reported one death, 24 reported zero death.
Meanwhile, 3.2 Lakh people took their shots on Saturday taking the calculation of doses in the government sector to 2.13 crores.
Since May 1, a private hospital has offered 15.3 doses of lakh.
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