Chennai: New cases in Tamil Nadu continue to decline on Saturday, when the country added 1,653 new cases compared to 1,669 on Friday.
Twenty of 38 districts in the state including Chennai and Kallakurichi reported marginal increase in cases.
After reporting 22 deaths and 1,581 release, there were 16,893 people on the active list.
Chennai, who reported the sharpest increase in the case in the last 24 hours, recorded 204 new cases compared to 196.
The city reported the highest number of cases in the state followed by Coimbatore, who reported a decline of 205 cases reported on Friday.
Chennai and Coimbatore are the only two districts to report more than 200 cases each.
Erode (139) and Chengalpet (101) are the only other districts that report cases in two digits.
While the cases in Erode increased from 132 cases on Friday, Chengalpet saw a decline of 115.
The sharpest decline was seen in Thanjavur, where cases fell from 110 on Saturday to 91.
While Villupuram reported 20 new cases, at least 15 other districts Record less than 20 cases.
Among these (9), Ramanathapuram (7), Virudhunagar (7) and Tenkasi (5) report cases in one digit.
The highest active case in Coimbatore (2201) and Chennai (1941) on Saturdays and almost 46% of the active cases were reported from five districts – Coimbatore, Chemian, Erode, Chengalpattu and Thakhal.
However, more than 85% of hospital beds in almost all empty districts.
Of the 22 deaths, there are five of the coimbatore, four of Thanjavur, each of the two of Salem, Cuddalore and Kancheepuram.
While seven districts reported one death, 26 other districts reported zero death.
Meanwhile, two lakh people took vaccines on Saturday took a total dose for 3.9 crores in government vaccination centers.
The amount of vaccination in a private hospital since May 1 has touched 23.7 lakh.