District sees 11 more Covid-19 cases

COIMBATORE: The RG Pudur cluster on Saturday showed signs of relenting as it reported just two of the 11 new Covid-19 cases in the district.
Residents of Dhanam Nagar in Mylampatti, the two were in contact with the 40-year-old textile shop owner and his 35-year-old wife, who were tested positive for the virus a few days ago. The couple were also residents of Mylampatti.
The new cases from the cluster comprise a 31-year-old woman and a 58-year-old woman. With this, the number of Covid-19 cases at Dhanam Nagar has gone up to four, the number required to make it a containment zone.
A senior health department officer said, “Any area with more than three patients has to be made a containment zone. Dhanam Nagar has four cases now. So, officials with the Sulur block development office have started sealing the entry and exit points to the area.”
The new cases also include an 18-year-old girl and 25-year-old man from Annur. They do not have any travel history and their source of infection is yet to be traced.
The remaining seven patients have travel histories. Two of them are returnees from Chennai who landed at the city airport on Friday, while another two are from Gandhipuram who had travelled to Wallajahbad to attend a funeral on June 16. A 60-year-old man from Madurai who came to the city for a hernia surgery and a 24-year-old man from Raja Street are also among the new cases with a travel history.