Chennai: Covid-19 Kasing Fresh continues to swim in Tamil Nadu on Friday, with the country adding 26,533 new cases and 48 deaths on the Covid-19 registry.
At the end of the day, 28,156 patients were dismissed from the hospital.
There are 2.11 active cases of lakh in the state.
Chennai (5,246) and Coimbatore (3,448) continued to report the maximum number of cases, while four other districts – Tiruppur (1,779), Chengalpet (1,382), Salem (1,267) and Erode (1,261) – reported new cases in four digits.
Prohibiting Tirunelveli, which reported 443 new cases – 27 cases more than the calculation on Thursday, no other districts in the country reported a new case increase.
With 62 cases of scrambling reported a few new cases in the state followed by Ariyalur (110), Sivaganga (120) and Mayiladuthurai (125).
On Friday, almost 4% of active cases – 9,162 – were in the hospital.
About 1,104 people are in the intensive care unit, occupying almost 11% of ICU beds.
Overall, more than 85% of Covid beds in all categories throughout the state are empty.
Nearly 45% of active cases in the state were in Chennai (42,017), Coimbatore (27,460), Chengalpet (15,676) and Tiruppur (10,742).
Of the 48 deaths there were 21 in Chennai, ten in Chengalpet, and four in Tiruvallur.
While eroded, Trichy and Vellore reported two deaths, seven other districts – Coimbatore, Salem, Kanyakumari, Namakkal, Madurai, Dharmapuri and Dindigul – reported one death.
Officials said more than 80% of the deceased were senior citizens and people with comorbid conditions.
At least 42 of 48 people who died above the age of 60 and 46 of them had a comorbid condition, said the bulletin.
The youngest patient whose death was reported was a 25-year-old woman from Dharmapuri.
The cumulative highway touched 37, 460.
On Friday 1.03 Lakh people over 15 years took the first dose or both vaccination against Covid 19