Tamil Nadu registers 1,916 new Covid cases, 34 deaths

CHENNAI: Fresh cases came down on Saturday to 1,916 from 1,933 on Friday, although 14 districts including Namakkal, Karur, Salem, Chengalpet and Chennai reported an increase in cases.
The state added 34 deaths, which pushed the cumulative toll to 34,496. At the end of the day, there were 20,427 active cases.

Coimbatore reported 223 new cases followed by 219 in Chennai. While fresh cases in Coimbatore dropped from 236 on Friday to 223 on Saturday, fresh cases in Chennai increased from 211 to 219 in the last 24 hours. Active cases were above 2000 in Coimbatore and Chennai. While Coimbatore had 2380 patients still under treatment, Chennai had 2112 patients. The highest increase in fresh cases was in Namakkal. The district added 62 new cases on Saturday compared to 47 cases on Friday.
With three new cases, Virudhunagar had the least number of new cases followed by Ramanathapuram (4), Tenkasi (5) and Thoothukudi(6).
Meanwhile, 3.7lakh people took vaccines at government vaccination centres, taking the cumulative dosage tally to 2.44 crore. So far, 18lakh doses have been administered in private hospitals since May 1.