Madurai Covid-19 positivity rate drops to 2.99%, lowest in nearly a month

MADURAI/ TRICHY: The total Covid-19 cases so far in the southern districts crossed 30,000 with the addition of 1,195 cases on Monday. The total of 30,373 positive cases in the 10 southern districts includes 15,042 active cases and 14,955 recovered people. The daily cases in the southern districts on Monday are also the lowest in the last seven days. However, 10 more deaths on Monday have taken the toll to 376.
Meanwhile, the eight central districts of the state recorded 311 Covid-19 cases taking the tally to 7,182 on Monday. The region also recorded eight deaths. The region registered 1,000 plus cases in just three days to make the tally cross 7,000 cases in the eight districts.
Positivity in Madurai dropped to just 2.99% on Monday, which is the lowest in close to a month. From nearly 16% about a week ago it drastically dropped to 8% four days ago and a little over 5% on Saturday and Sunday when the total positive cases were 185 and 206. On Monday Madurai recorded just 106 cases, the lowest in the district in the last 29 days. The previous lowest was 153 on June 22.
“We have not reduced the number of sample collection. Today (Monday) we got the results of nearly 3,800 samples of which only 106 were positive, bringing the positivity rate to below 3%. As per the protocol we have collected 4,008 samples on Monday. There is a backlog of 4,355 samples. But when they get consolidated too we don’t expect any drastic increase in positive cases,” district monitoring officer for Covid-19 B Chandramohan told TOI.
Among the 10 deaths, five are in Madurai, two in Ramanathapuram and one each in Virudhunagar, Tuticorin and Kanyakumari districts. A 34-year-old man from Kanyakumari with diabetes mellitus who died in a private hospital was the youngest in the region among the dead to be listed in the bulletin on Monday.
Tuticorin with 200 cases recorded the highest number of cases in the region on Monday. Total positive cases in Tuticorin (2,077) crossed 2,000 for the first time. Tirunelveli had 180 cases. Three other districts in the south – Virudhunagar (169), Theni (107) and Tenkasi (103) – recorded more than 100 cases on Monday.
Deaths were also reported in Trichy (4), Pudukottai (3) and Perambalur (1) districts taking the toll in the region to 81.
Thanjavur remained on top with 83 cases on Monday pushing its total tally to 1,245 while Trichy recorded 77 cases. The total cases in Trichy district are 2,343. In Perambalur, around 100 relatives of a Covid-19 patient who took part in his funeral were traced and samples were collected for testing. A 3-day-old girl tested positive in Karur. Cases were recorded in Pudukottai (71), Tiruvarur (46), Ariyalur (14), Perambalur (7), Karur (10) and Nagapattinam (3).