33 new cases take Nilgiris count to 768

Udhagamandalam: The Nilgiris recorded 33 new Covid-19 cases, 15 of them women, on Thursday, taking the district’s tally to 768.
At least 18 of the 33 new cases are tertiary contacts of patients from the T.Oranally wedding function and another eight are contacts of earlier positive cases with travel history. Two cases are linked to a funeral at Thambatty village.
There were also imported cases. Four of them had come to the Nilgiris either on official duty or on personal purposes. While they were tested positive from the district, they would be cross-notified to their home districts, said health officials.
A 51-year-old driver with the Defence Service Staff College at Wellington is also among the new cases. He tested positive for the virus after returning from Chennai.
According to collector J Innocent Divya, at least 34,000 people have been screened for Covid-19 in the district so far. On Thursday, Divya inspected the containment zones in Nanjanadu and Kuruthukuli villages.
Meanwhile, 24 patients were discharged from the facilities they were undergoing treatment. So far, 605 patients have recovered in the Nilgiris, which currently has 161 active cases.