Chennai: Fresh Covid-19 cases in Tamilnadu rose to 1,997 on Thursday night, pushing the caseload to 25,69,398, while 33 people succumbed to the virus, aggregating to 34,230 fatalities, the Health department said.
Six districts, including Coimbatore, Erode, Chennai, Thanjavur, Tiruvallur and Chengalpattu, had the most number of cases.
In Coimbatore, 220 new cases were recorded, and 161 people tested positive for the infection in Erode. There were 196 fresh cases in Chennai, 130 in Chengalpattu, 119 in Thanjavur and 106 in Tiruvallur.
A total of 1,58,797 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, pushing the cumulative number of specimens examined to 3,82,11,132 till date, a bulletin said.
Till date, 2.26 crore people in the State have received vaccines to protect them against Covid-19.