CHENNAI: Active cases in Tamil Nadu dropped below the 1-lakh mark to 89,009 on Friday as against 1,00,523 patients on Thursday. Fresh cases in Chennai, the erstwhile hotspot, dropped below 500 to 492 nearly after 88 days since March 22.
The state added 8,633 new cases and 287 deaths, which pushed the case tally to 24.06 lakh and the cumulative toll to 30835.
Active cases were below the1 lakh mark in the state nearly 56 days ago on April 23, when cases were on the rise.
With 1089 new cases, Coimbatore was the only district in the state to report more than 1,000 cases. It was also the only district to have more than 10,000 active cases. On Friday, the western district had11,644 people under treatment for the viral infection. While Erode reported 964 new cases, Salem had 514 new cases. Nine districts in the state reported cases in two digits. Perambalur (66) had the least number of new cases.
Meanwhile, the number of vaccinations in the state came down to 1.7 lakh on Friday, when the state had a stock of 2.43 lakh doses (including doses that were in transition). On Friday, the state received 4.8 lakh doses of the vaccine
