Chennai: Tamil Nadu added 1,551 cases of Covid-19, an increase from 1,542 countries reported on Friday.
Overall, 15 districts, including Chennai, Thanjavur and Trichy, reported an increase in new cases compared to their Friday tally.
Districts such as Coimbatore, Tenkasi and Kankumari, share the border with Kerala, continue to report the same number of cases.
The sharpest increase was seen in Chennai, where new cases rose to 182 compared to 162 on Friday.
Coimbatore, who reported 230 cases on Saturday was the only district to report more than 200 new cases in the state.
After Coimbatore and Chennai, Chengalpet (122) reported the highest number of cases.
“Some districts report a marginal increase in almost every day.
Besides Coimbatore, Chennai, Chengalpet and Erode, where new cases do not drop below 100, we are worried about high incidents in Thanjavur and neighboring delta districts,” said Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan.
On Saturday, Thanjavur reported an increase to 77 out of 58 cases reported on Friday.
During the same time period in the case of Trichy rose from 45 to 55.
“Enforcing the appropriate behavior of Covid, intensifying screening and vaccination is the only way to maintain infection under control,” he said.
Meanwhile, at least 19 districts in the state reported less than 25 new cases respectively.
Among them eight districts – Madurai (9), Tirupathur (9), Theni (8), Dindigul (7) Tuticorin (7), Screenson (6), Ramanathapuram (4) and Virudhunagar (4) report cases in one digit.
Meanwhile, 21 deaths took dead to 34,856 and the state reported the calculation of the 26.10 lakh cumulative case.
At the end of the day, after the use of 1,768 patients there were 17,559 people still undergoing treatment for viral infections.
Of the 21 deaths reported on Saturday, there were four deaths in Chennai, three in Erode and Salem, and two each in Namakkal and Pulajudottai.
While seven districts have one death in six districts, 26 other districts reported zero death.