CHENNAI: On Tuesday, six districts reported a marginal increase between one and three new cases of Covid-19 compared to Monday. Eight people, however, succumbed to the infection. At the end of the day, the state had 12,321 active cases, after 2,375 discharges.
With 169 new cases, Chennai was still at the top and was the only district to report cases in three digits. While Coimbatore reported 96 new Covid cases, Chengalpet clocked 78. Ranipet, Tenkasi, and Tirupattur reported one case each followed by Ariyalur, Dindigul, Mayiladuthurai, and Ramanathapuram (two cases each). While Kallakurichi, Nagapattinam, Perambalur and Theni had three new cases each, four districts – Pudukottai, Tuticorin, Tirunelveli and Virudhunagar – logged five cases each.
