South zone in city turns vulnerable

Coimbatore: The district logged 440 new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday, taking the tally to 20,839. At least 545 patients were discharged from treatment centres on the day, bringing the active cases down to 3,790.
The toll, meanwhile, rose to 340, with the state recording two more deaths that occurred in the district in the bulletin.
Vellakinar reported 10 new cases – six from Meenakshi Garden, three from Om Siva Shakthi Nagar and one from Thirumalai Street. Seven of them were tested positive for the virus at RK Bhai corporation primary health centre at Selvapuram.
Within the city corporation limits, south zone had the highest number of active cases as on Tuesday, while central zone had the most number of deaths. South zone, which comprises parts of Ukkadam, Kuniamuthur, Karumbukadai and Sundarapuram areas, had the highest number of active cases of 685, followed by central zone (589).
A city corporation official, who didn’t want to be named, said, “Central zone is now seeing a dip in cases from Big Bazaar Street, Telungu Street and Selvapuram, which at one point accounted for the highest number of cases in the city. The number of new cases from these areas has come down to 10 to 15 a day from 30 to 40.”
Officials said they were, however, seeing spike in cases from Podanur, South Ukkadam, Karumbukadai and Sundarapuram, among other areas, in south zone. At 476, East zone, which comprises Peelamedu, Sowripalayam and Singanallur, has the least number of active cases.
Central zone tops the list of Covid-19 fatalities in the city with 78 deaths, which is 31% of the 247 deaths reported in the city corporation limits. It is closely followed by south zone (74).
North zone, which comprises hotspots of Thudiyalur and Vellakinar, has recorded only 29 deaths so far. A senior health department official said, “This is because the affected areas don’t have dense housing and patients sought medical treatment earlier. At Thudiyalur, for instance, many streets have at least one or two containment zones. But they are spread out.”