Coimbatore district inches close to daily count of 500 Covid cases

Coimbatore: The Coimbatore district recorded its single-day high of 496 fresh cases of Covid-19 on Friday, taking tally to 13,897.
With 438 people getting discharged, the number of active cases stands at 3,380. So far, 10,237 people have recovered and been discharged. The district also recorded six more deaths, taking the toll to 280.
Of the six deaths, two died within 24 hours of admission. Belying the health department’s rhetoric that many deaths occurred at CMCH because private hospitals referred the patients at the last minute, a 60-year-old woman died exactly 24 hours after admission in a private hospital. While one of the six was a 47-year-old woman who had asthma, another was a 53-year-old man who had diabetes and hypertension. The remaining were above 60 years of age.
On Thursday too, two of the 11 deaths occurred within 24 hours of hospitalization. This trend had prompted the district collector on Thursday to warn private hospitals from referring Covid-19 patients to government hospitals, when they had given up on the patient recovering. He even released phone numbers of coordinators for all Covid-19 treating hospitals, whom patients and attenders could contact if they faced any issues.
Out of the close to 500 cases, more than 85% were from corporation limits. The deputy director of public health’s office again had to be shut when a staff member from the office tested positive. A staff member from the R S Puram head post office tested positive prompting the closure of the office while a 43-year-old staff member at Bharathiyar University also tested positive. Besides this, in corporation limits six people from Raja Street and seven from Ramnagar tested positive.
The Pollachi municipality recorded seven new cases. From rural areas, Mettupalayam’s Mahadevapuram recorded six cases, Thudiyalur’s Kasthurinaickenpalayam recorded six cases and Thondamuthur’s Arumugagoundenpudur recorded four cases. Sulur recorded three new cases while Kinathukidavu had four and Anamalai three new cases. Pollachi south recorded 10 new cases.