Chennai: At least a dozen districts in Tamilnadu had no new Covid 19 cases and 10 others reported one case on Tuesday when the State added 151 fresh cases and two deaths to the registry.
A total of 418 people recovered from the disease in the past 24 hours, leaving the number of active infections at 2,145. Altogether 40,844 samples were tested on Tuesday, taking the cumulative tally to 6,47,95,497.
In Chennai, 51 persons tested positive for COVID-19, while there were 18 cases in Coimbatore and 16 in Chengalpattu. Ten districts reported only one case each. Ariyalur, Cuddalore, Kallakurichi, Krishnagiri, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Pudukottai, Ranipet, Tenkasi, Tirupattur, Tiruvannamalai and Tiruvarur reported no new case.
On Tuesday 315 people were admitted to the hospital and among them, 62 were in the intensive care unit.
Meanwhile, in the Union territory of Puducherry, a day after it reported zero cases, three fresh Covid-19 cases were detected.