CHENNAI:
Tamil Nadu on Saturday recorded 118
Covid-19 deaths and 5,883 fresh cases, which pushed the toll to 4,808 and the case tally to 2,90,907.
As many as 53,481 patients are undergoing treatment.
Chennai reported 986 cases and 20 deaths. It is for the second day that Chennai is reporting less than 1,000 fresh cases.
Chennai together with Chengalpet, Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts clocked 2,086 cases and 38 deaths.
The other northern districts recorded 847 cases and 19 deaths.
Southern districts reported 34 deaths on Saturday. The ten districts together recorded 1,811 cases.
With 452 cases, Theni recorded the highest number of cases while Tirunelveli, which had 126 fresh cases, recorded seven deaths.
Districts in the west recorded 20 deaths and 474 fresh cases. Ten of these deaths happened in Coimbatore.
The central zone recorded seven deaths and 659 fresh cases.