3 more test positive for Covid in district

Coimbatore: A week after Coimbatore district broke its record of being Covid-19 cases free for a long time, the number of people testing positive for the virus continued to increase.
On Sunday, three people tested positive for the novel coronavrus in Coimbatore – two ‘indigenous cases’ and one ‘imported case’. Now, the total Covid-19 cases in the district stands at 161, an increase of 17 compared to last week.
One of the three who tested positive was a 27-year old technician in Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital who went to Villupuram to see his wife who was pregnant. He returned for duty on Tuesday last, when he was tested. And the results have found him to be positive. He has now been admitted in ESI hospital for treatment. Health officials have traced more than a dozen people he came into close contact with and have collected samples from them too. The place he worked at the hospital has been fumigated. One of the other two people was a man who returned from New Delhi and one a resident of the city.
Salem recorded three indigenous cases on Sunday while Dharmapuri had two cases, taking the total number of Covid positive cases recorded in western zone to eight on Sunday. Nilgiris and Tirupur continued to have their Covid-free status as no new cases were reported for several weeks.
As on Sunday, Coimbatore had 14 active cases, while Salem had the highest of 69 active cases, followed by 16 in Krishnagiri, seven in Namakkal, five in Dharmapuri and two in Namakkal. Health officials said that most of the cases in Coimbatore as well as neighboring districts were imported cases, due to influx of people from other districts.