Chennai: Chennai, Coimbatore, Chengalpet, Salem and Thanjavur are responsible for 50 per cent of Covid-19 cases reported in Tamilnadu on Friday evening.

Chennai (1288), Coimbatore (397), Chengalpet (343), Salem (295) and Thanjavur (240) contributed to around half of the 5,185 new Covid-19 cases which took the tally to 6,46,128. The death toll mounted 10,120 with 68 fatalities.

The active cases stood at 44,197, with 5,357 patients getting discharged from various hospitals and cumulatively 5,91,811 people have got cured, the State Health department said in a bulletin.

As far as Chennai is concerned, its overall case tally stood at 1,78,108: 1,61,477 discharged, 13,280 active cases and 3,351 deaths. Chengalpattu followed with a total of 38,487 cases and Coimbatore with 35,933 cases.