40 new cases in Nilgiris

Udhagamandalam: The Nilgiris district recorded 40 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday. As many as 47 patients were discharged.
So far, the district accounts for 661 cases. As many as 190 active cases are being treated at the government hospitals in Ooty, Coonoor, Coimbatore Medical College Hospital and ESI hospital in Coimbatore.
The new 40 cases, including 22 women, were reported from villages in Ooty and Coonoor taluks. While 17 cases are linked to the Oranalli wedding function cluster, six are contacts of a person working in a private hospital in Coimbatore. Five cases are pertaining to contacts of earlier positive cases with travel history, while two people tested positive after visiting Coimbatore.TNN