Nilgiris Covid patient dies in pvt hosp

Udhagamandalam: Yet another person was tested positive for Covid-19 after death in the Nilgirs on Friday, when it recorded 10 new cases, taking the total number of cases to 181. The district also recorded a Covid-19 death. The deceased, a 62-year-old man, was a primary contact of the infected public relations officer (PRO) of a private needle manufacturing company. He breathed his last in a private hospital in Coimbatore, where he has been undergoing treatment.
Test results of the 65-year-old woman from Mulligoor village who had died on Tuesday revealed that she was positive for the virus infection. She fell sick after returning home from Thangadu-Oranalli village, where she went to attend her grandson’s wedding. Throat swabs were collected for test after her death.
The district has so far recorded four Covid-19 deaths, including the two who tested positive after death. The state is, however, yet to record any deaths in the district in its bulletin.
Among the new cases are four secondary contacts of the PRO and other five secondary contacts of earlier positive cases with travel history. They are reported from Ooty, Yellanhalli, Mulligoor, Melkouhatty, Gudalur town, Thummanatty, Peria-Ubbathalai and Kilkotagiri areas, most of which are containment zones.
The PRO, who is still under treatment, has infected more than 100 people, some of them secondary contacts, so far. Presently, there are 127 active cases in the district.