Chennai: After reporting a small dip in fresh Covid-19 cases for two days, Tamilnadu recorded a marginal rise in infections on Tuesday. As many as 23,888 people tested positive for the infection and 29 died.

As many as 15,036 people recovered in the last 24 hours aggregating to 27,89,045 leaving 1,61,171 active infections, a bulletin said.

Chennai continued to lead the districts with as many as 8,305 new Covid-19 cases. Whereas Coimbatore notched up 2,228 cases. Chengalpattu (2,143), Thiruvallur (854), Kanyakumari (830), Erode (777), Tirunelveli (707), Kancheepuram (687) followed next.

At least 11 per cent of isolation beds in TN were occupied and centres such as Vellore and Chennai, which have a high number of cases and also serve as referral centres.

Infections marginally increased in Coimbatore, Erode, Salem and Thanjavur. While Coimbatore logged 2,228 cases when compared to 2,042 on the previous day, there were 777 cases in Erode, 532 in Salem and 453 in Thanjavur.