289 test +ve for coronavirus, 2 die, 184 recover in district

Coimbatore: The district recorded 289 new Covid-19 cases and two deaths on Wednesday, even as 184 patients recovered from the virus and got discharged from the facilities they were undergoing treatment. Of the 4,344 cases that the district recorded so far, only 1,687 are active. The toll now stands at 46.
The Covid care centre in Codissia trade fair complex is likely to be extended to another hall soon to accommodate the growing number of patients. Two days after the deputy director of public health sought permission from the district administration to take over hall C, health department officials inspected the same on Wednesday afternoon.
An official said rotary clubs in the district have offered to set up and manage the Covid care centre in hall C. “If it works out, they will arrange all the facilities in the hall and food and refreshments for patients. However, we will be monitoring patients, recording their vitals and providing them medication that include vitamin and zinc tablets and arsenic album.”
Codissia, according to the official, already houses close to 553 patients. While hall D has 274 patients, hall E has 279. There are at least 117 beds still available in the two halls.
There was no let-up in the virus spread in Selvapuram cluster which recorded 10 new cases and RS Puram, where seven people tested positive from Lighthouse Road and Subramaniam Road. Neighbouring areas such as Ukkadam and Podanur and rural areas of Pollachi, Mettupalayam and Vedapatti also reported fresh cases.
A 34-year-old man from PRS quarters and a family of four from Karupparayan Kovil Street at Sanganoor are also among the new cases.
Both the deceased were elderly people. One was a 70-year-old woman and another an 81-year-old man. They died a few hours after hospitalization, implying that they were late to seek treatment. The woman, who was diabetic and hypertensive, approached the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) on Monday at 12.31am with severe breathlessness and bronchopneumonia. She died 10 hours later the same day. The man also came to CMCH with respiratory distress on Monday around 1.50pm and died at 3.20pm. He had pneumonia. Their Covid-19 test results, which arrived on Tuesday, showed them positive for the infection.