Fifty patients recover from virus in Nilgiris

Udhagamandalam: While 50 patients recovered and were discharged, only two new cases of Covid-19 were recorded in the Nilgiris on Tuesday.
While the the Nilgiris’ Covid-19 tally stands at 726, as many as 160 active patients are being treated at the government hospitals in Ooty and Coonoor and Covid care centres.
As many as 564 Covid patients were discharged so far in the Nilgiris. With this, the recovery rate of the district stands at 77.7%.
The two new cases include a 47-year-old man and a 12-year-old girl, both from Sholur panchayat. They are secondary contacts of an earlier positive case with travel history to Madurai.
Ahead of the spike in Covid cases, the Nilgiris district administration has instructed that no private functions shall take place in the district. Pre-fixed weddings could be held with a government prescribed number of attendees. However, the attendees should be tested for Covid-19 before attending the function. And the details of the attendees with test results should be submitted to the administration while applying for permission for the function. These measures are to contain clusters, according to the district administration.