Chennai: Fifteen districts including Chennai reported a marginal increase in the new Covid-19 case on Tuesday, when the country reported a decline to 741 cases from 750 on Monday.
There are 13 deaths that take cumulative tolls from March 2020 to 36,401.
At the end of the day, after 808 patients were dismissed from the registry of the State, there were 8,536 patients who were seeking treatment for viral infections.
While Coimbatore (119) reported the maximum number of new cases in the state, Chennai reported 114 new cases compared to 110 on Monday.
The sharpest increase was reported from Vellore.
District reported 15 cases compared to 10 on Monday.
At least 22 districts reported less than 10 cases each, while Tuticorin reported zero new cases.
The active case was the highest in Chennai and Coimbatore (both at 1274) on Tuesday.
While Erode has 830 patients, Chengalpet has 659 and Tiruppur has 555.
All other districts report less than 500 active cases.
T, Encasi (9) and Theni (10) have a few active cases in the state.
Of the 13 deaths, there were three each in Chennai and Coimbatore, two in Tiruppur and one in Trichy, Thanjavur, Kancheepuram, Sivaganga and Villupuram.
Meanwhile, 3.5 lakh people took the Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday.
This encourages the calculation of doses at the government vaccination center to 6.4 crores.
Since May 1, 27.2 doses of lakh have been managed in private vaccination centers.