Chennai: With 1,542 fresh Covid-19 cases, Tamilnadu continued to report a fall in new cases on Friday compared to 1,559 cases on Thursday. However, 17 districts, including at least three districts bordering with Kerala, reported an increase in new cases.
Among them, the sharpest increase was seen in Coimbatore, where new cases went up to 231 on Friday compared to 216 on Thursday and 181 on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, 1,793 people recovered from the infection while 21 succumbed to the deadly virus. The current active cases in the state are 17,797, said an official release.
A total of 26,08,748 cases and 34,835 deaths have been reported in the State so far.