Nilgiris records 9 new Covid cases

Udhagamandalam: The Nilgiris district logged nine new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, pushing up the tally to 1,089.
With 8 patients being discharged on Tuesday, the total number of patients discharged so far in the hill district stood at 952.
Of the 9 new cases, three are secondary contacts of earlier positive cases. Five other people who tested positive had travelled to other districts.
A 64-year-old man from Kerbetta estate and another 76-year-old man from Ooty tested positive after returning from Coimbatore. A 25-year-old man from Kalhatty tested positive after he visited Mettupalayam on a work assignment, while another man, aged 64, tested positive with a travel history to other districts.
An 80-year-old man, who had come from Thudiyalur, tested positive. According to health officials, this case will be cross-notified to Coimbatore district.
As many as 133 active cases from the Nilgiris are being treated at government facilities in Ooty and Coimbatore, besides Covid care centres.