The number of coronavirus cases in Tamil Nadu increased marginally to 1,568 on Friday from1,562 on Thursday to take the total number of cases in the State to 26,19,511.
After 1,657 persons were discharged, the total number of active cases stood at 16,370. The number of deaths registered was 19 and 1,60,742 samples were tested.
Chennai reported 162 (166) new cases, while Coimbatore saw 239 (215) cases, according to the State Health department data.
Comments
Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.
We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of TheHindu Businessline and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.