Chennai: Tamil Nadu added 1,682 new cases Covid-19 on Wednesday – marginalized from 1,647 on Tuesday and 1,661 cases reported on Monday.
At least 15 districts added more cases compared to their Monday.
The state added 21 deaths that pushed toll from March 2020 to 35,400.
With 235 new cases, Coimbatore reported the highest number of cases on Wednesday.
The western district reported 218 cases on Tuesday.
This neighbor Salem and Erode reported the sharpest increase in the last 24 hours.
New cases in Salem rose from 77 on Tuesday to 98 on Wednesday.
During the same period of time, erode cases rose to 130 of 112.
In Tiruppur, cases rose to 101 of 85.
Chennai followed Coimbatore, with 198 cases.
Besides Coimbatore, Chennai, Erode and Tiruppur, Chengalpet is the only district to report more than 100 cases.
Of the 21 deaths reported on Wednesday, there were three each in Chennai, Chengalpet and Thanjavur and two each in Erode, Thiruvarur and Ranipet.