MADURAI / TRICHY: Fresh Covid-19 cases in the Madurai district fell to 13 on Sundays and the number of active cases touched 166, the second highest in South Tamil Nadu after Kanyakumari (262).
Meanwhile, Trichy reported 46 new cases.
The district received the active case reduced to 581 on Sunday from 622 on Saturday when issuing 86 patients.
The district also recorded two deaths taking victims to 1.020, the highest in the region.
The level of primitification in Madurai is 0.2% on Saturday, while last week around 6,000 samples were tested.
In the south of Tamil Nadu, the number of new cases fell slightly up to 129.
One death was recorded at Kankumumari, while 108 people recovered from Covid-19 in ten districts.
Meanwhile, Covid-19 active cases, has increased to 1,188 in the region.
Kanyakumari saw the majority of Covid-19 (32) cases in the region on Sunday.
Lone victims are a 53-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes mellitus and systemic hypertension.
Covid cases were also reported in Sivaganga (19), Tirunelveli (18), Dindigul (11), Theni (11), Tenkasi (9), Tuticorin (9), Virudhunagar (1), and Ramanathapuram (1).
Nine middle districts including Trichy recorded 304 new cases on Sundays.
The region issued 293 patients, while recording 3,194 active cases.
The region recorded six deaths, which covered each in Nagapattinam and Thanjavur.
With this, regional victims have risen to 4,145.
Of the total 309,654 positive cases so far, the region has reported 302,315 recovery.