Caseload drops below 200, four deaths take toll to 54

Coimbatore: The district reported 169 Covid-19 cases on Friday, taking its tally to 4,821, of which 1,738 are active cases. The toll, meanwhile, went up to 54, as the state included four deaths that the district saw on Wednesday in its bulletin.
A health department official said 138 cases were reported from the city corporation limits alone. “Seven cases each were recorded from Selvapuram and Saravanampatti, five from Kuniyamuthur and four from Ukkadam. The remaining cases were spread across Karamadai, Annur, Sulur and Madukkarai, among other areas.”
While two of the deceased were aged above 60 years, the remaining two were below 40 years. Two of them - a 79-year-old man and a 65-year-old man – died in the ESI Hospital. The 79-year-old man was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday after he tested positive for Covid-19. He had comorbidities such as diabetes mellitus and systemic hypertension. He died of severe pneumonia that was caused by the virus infection on Wednesday.
The 65-year-old man was also admitted to the hospital on Tuesday after he contracted the virus. He too had type-2 diabetes mellitus and systemic hypertension, and he died of pneumonia on Wednesday.
The remaining two - a 36-year-old man and a 27-year-old man – died in the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH). The 36-year-old man was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday. Health officials collected his throat swab from the hospital, where he died of bilateral bronchopneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome the same day.
The 27-year-old man was admitted to CMCH on Tuesday. He died of bronchopneumonia and traumatic quadriplegia on Wednesday.
The neighbouring Tirupur, meanwhile, reported 51 Covid-19 cases on Friday, taking its count to 873, of which 308 are active cases. The district has 2,713 people who are in home quarantine. According to a source, health officials have collected throat and nasal swabs from about 956 people in the district on Friday.