47 test +ve, 52 recover in Nilgiris

Udhagamandalam: The Nilgiris district logged 47 new cases of novel coronavirus on Saturday, even as 52 patients were discharged from the facilities they were undergoing treatment. The tally now stands at 1,857, of which 366 are active cases.
The hill district also reported a Covid death. With this, the toll has risen to 14. As per official records, 1,477 patients have recovered from Covid-19 in the district so far.
A health official said 10 new patients, one of them a woman, had visited other districts, mainly Coimbatore. Among the new cases were a 30-year-old nurse, a 33-year-old staffer of the Ooty government hospital, 43-year-old medical shop owner in Ooty and a 42-year-old man who came from Odisha. The official said another six cases were linked to a wedding function that was held at Katteri recently. “Two are residents of Coimbatore and the cases would be cross-notified to that district,” the official said. TNN