Chennai: fresh Covid-19 cases in Tamil Nadu fell to 1,819 on Saturday, when almost 11 districts including Pulajottai, Krishnagiri, Tirupur and Ranipet saw a marginal increase compared to the reported case on Friday.
Death also rose to 27 out of 24 on Friday.
Marginal increase in cases in these districts slowed down the rate of decline in the case.
While there was a fall of nearly 42 cases from 1,872 on Thursday to 1,830 on Friday, the difference between Friday and Saturday narrowed to only 11.
After the use of 2,583 people from the state registry, there were 24,025 people in the active registry.
“One of the main things that will help us keep the infection down is an individual choice and dismantling of the appropriate behavior of covid.
Masks and social distance will play a big role in addition to taking vaccines on time,” said Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan.
“We also monitor continuous variants,” he said.
On Saturday, except for four districts – Coimbatore (175), Erode (132), Chennai (127) and Salem (107) – all other districts in the state reported less than 100 cases.
Cases in the four districts fell slightly compared to Friday.
While there are 26 districts with cases under 50, there are 12 districts with less than 25 cases each.
The Pengambal reported seven cases – the lowest, followed by Tenkasi (9), Theni (11) and Ramanathapuram (12).
On Friday, the PERAMBAL reported 8, while Theni and Ramanathapuram reported ten, Tenaskasi had 11 cases.
The active case in Coimbatore fell to 2,154 on Saturday, followed by 1,684 in Erode and 1,604 in Chennai.
At the end of the day, public health workers drew a sample of 1.4 lakh people.
Of the 27 deaths, three Western districts – Coimbatore, Salem and Nilgiris – reported each, followed by two each in Erode, Chengalpet, Tiruvallur, Kanyakumari and Vellore.
While eight districts reported one death, 22 other districts have reported zero death.
Meanwhile, more than 2.5 lakh people received vaccinations in government centers, taking the calculation of cumulative vaccination doses in the public centers to 1.94 crore.
Since May 1, 13.88 Lakh people have taken vaccinations in private hospitals in the state.