CHENNAI: Fresh Covid-19 cases tally in Tamil Nadu increased marginally to 56 on Saturday compared to 55 on Friday. Active cases also rose to 412 compared to 401 on Friday and 387 on Thursday. The state discharged 45 patients by the end of the day and continued to report zero deaths.
On Saturday, Chennai reported 33 new cases - two less than Friday - while Chengalpet added 11. Coimbatore, Vellore, and Salem reported two each, while Kanyakumari and Namakkal reported one case each. One person from the US and two from New Delhi also tested positive for Covid-19. Thirty-one of 38 districts reported no new cases of viral infection in the past 24 hours.
