District adds 498 fresh cases

Coimbatore: In keeping with its continuing spike, the district recorded 498 fresh cases of Covid-19 on Monday, pushing its case tally to 22,662.
With 448 people getting discharged, the number of active cases in the district currently is 3,549. The district added three more deaths to its tally, taking the total number of casualties to 357.
On a positive note, the recovery rate of the district rose to a whopping 82%, which is the highest since July.
Though official figures show 498 new cases were recorded, sources say 575 were declared positive. But probably due to reconciliation delays, only 498 were included in the day’s bulletin. Of the 575, 477 or 82% of the cases were from corporation limits. Singanallur saw a massive outbreak in different parts with 41 people testing positive, followed by 18 people in Vadavalli in west zone, 16 people from Sowripalayam-Peelamedu belt and 14 cases from R G Pudur in Chinniampalayam.
Other areas like Karumbukadar, Gandhinagar, Udayampalayam, Selvapuram and Saravanampatti saw 10 cases each.
Outside corporation limits, Mettupalayam saw 24 cases of which 10 were from municipality limits and 29 were from Annur area.
City-based ESI Hospital, the main Covid-19 treating centre in the government sector, has treated the second highest number of children infected with Covid-19 among all hospitals in the state in the last six months. It comes only second to Chennai-based Omandurar Medical College. The hospital said they have treated 540 children so far, of which 19 were newborns. Except two patients, most of them remained largely asymptomatic. They said all their 540 pediatric patients have been treated and cured of the virus successfully, with no side effects.
“Our bigger achievement was caring for 100 newborns whose mothers had tested positive, so we treated the mothers and ensured the babies received breastmilk in a safe manner. While 100 were from our districts, we took care of 25 newborns and infected new mothers from other districts, so we ensured they were not infected,” said a press release from ESI hospital.