Dist logs 71 new cases, tally rises to 1,142

Coimbatore: The district recorded 71 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, taking its tally to 1,142.
Among the new cases is a 34-year-old head constable, who was on duty at Sulur court. Sources say he might have been in contact with the 33-year-old judicial magistrate, who tested positive for the virus earlier in the week.
The Selvapuram goldsmiths cluster, meanwhile, continued to grow with two more people - a 54-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman – testing positive from neighbouring Ponnaiyarajapuram.
After a gap of several weeks, Mettupalayam recorded six new cases, including four of a family on Annur Road in Aravindhan Nagar and a 48-year-old man from Anna Nagar in Vellopalayam.
A 29-year-old woman was tested positive in Peedampalli and a 44-year-old man in Malumichampatty. Narasimanaickenpalayam also saw a positive case.
Cases were also reported from Velandipalayam, Vadavalli, Saibaba Colony, Poo Market, Subramaniam Street, Ponnurangam Road, Cheranmanagar, Keeranatham and SIHS Colony, among others.
The city corporation carried out a disinfection drive on income tax office premises on Saturday, a day after 59-year-old chief commissioner of income tax tested positive for Covid-19. Samples have been collected from his family members and 16 senior officers in the department. The income tax commissioner had reportedly conducted a closed-door meeting with an air-conditioner on with the officers on Thursday.
While there were reports of three of his family members testing positive, officials refused to confirm the same.
As per the state bulletin, there are 812 active cases in the district. It also recorded the two deaths - that of a 60-year-old woman from Kurichi and a 58-year-old man from Sulur - that the TOI reported on Friday.