Fresh coronavirus cases in district likely to drop to three digits soon

Coimbatore: Sending out indications that the caseload was likely to come down to three-digit numbers soon, the district recorded 1,014 fresh cases of Covid-29 on Saturday. However, the district still continues to top the state in the daily count.

With 1,451 patients getting discharged from hospitals and Covid care centres on the day, the number of active cases has dipped to 11,191. While 2,11,588 had tested positive for the virus in the district so far, 1,98,526 have recovered.

The Covid-19 toll, meanwhile, shot up to 1,871 with the state including another 17 fatalities that occurred in the district in the bulletin. Among the deceased were a 32-year-old man without any comorbidities who died within a few hours of getting admitted to the government headquarters hospital in Pollachi with fever, cough and breathlessness on Friday, a 46-year-old man without any comorbidities who died of pneumonia on Thursday in the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) where he was admitted on June 11, and a 43-year-old man with type 2 diabetes mellitus and coronary kidney disease who was died in the CMCH on Thursday.

Collector G S Sameeran, meanwhile, inspected the government hospital at Sulur and conducted a Covid-19 review meeting with all the departmental officials at his office. He asked police officials to ensure that markets were not crowded and people were not venturing out of containment zones.

A press note from the collector’s office said 30 temporary check posts were being set up in the city limits in addition to the 12 existing ones to intensify vehicle check to prevent people from roaming around unnecessarily. The collector also advised the industrial workers to get vaccinated and follow Covid-19 guidelines like wearing face masks and maintaining social distancing at workplaces.

The neighbouring Tirupur district recorded 489 fresh cases on the day, taking the tally to 78,243, of which 6,506 are active cases. With 2,896 patients getting discharged from various treatment centres, the number of recovered patients has gone up to 71,049. The toll rose to 688 with four patients succumbing to the virus in the district.