Chennai: Tamilnadu added 1,559 new infections to its Covid-19 tally, while 26 people succumbed to the disease, pushing the toll to 34,814, the health department said.
One lakh 60 thousand 911 samples were tested for Covid-19 through RT-PCR. In Chennai, 175 people tested positive, compared to 170 on Wednesday. While cases dropped from 130 to 115 in Erode, the caseload rose from 90 to 113 in Chengalpattu. There were 77 cases in Tiruvallur, 73 in Tiruppur and 65 in Salem. Infections dropped to 59 from 84 in Thanjavur.
Five districts reported new cases below double digits, while there were no fresh deaths in 23 districts. Ramanathapuram recorded the least number of new infections by adding two infections.
There are currently 18,069 people under treatment for Covid-19 — while Coimbatore accounts for 2,118 people, Chennai’s active caseload dropped below 2,000, with 1,975 people under treatment.