Tamil Nadu: Covid-19 recovery rate rises to 63% in Nilgiris

UDHAGAMANDALAM: With 92 Covid-19 patients being discharged in the Nilgiris on Thursday, the recovery rate rose to 63.2% in the district. Two days ago, it was 53.6%.
While the district accounts for 587 Covid-19 cases, the total number of patients recovered from the disease so far stands at 371. On Thursday, 59 people, including 30 women and two boys aged 6 and 9, tested positive for the coronavirus.
While 17 positive cases are secondary contacts linked to the T.Oranalli wedding function cluster, at least 36 cases are contacts of earlier positive cases with travel history. Four people, secondary contacts of the PRO of the private needle manufacturing unit, tested positive.
A 39 -year-old man after returning from Kerala and another 33-year-old man returning from Krishnagiri tested positive. Most of the cases are reported from Ooty and villages such as Manjakambai, Hosa Attubayil, Kenthorai, Adhikarattti and Melkowhatti.
As many as 214 active cases are being treated at government hospitals in Ooty and Coonoor and at Coimbatore Medical College Hospital and ESI hospital in Coimbatore.