Coimbatore: The district recorded 280 fresh cases of Covid-19 on Friday, taking the total number of cases to 41,262. With 273 people getting discharged from treatment centres, the number of active cases stands at 3,758.
At least 36,974 patients have so far recovered from Covid-19 in the district, where the recovery rate has gone up to 90%.
The district recorded two more deaths, taking the toll to 530.
One of the victims was a 59-year-old man who was suffering from obesity and dyslipidemia, a condition where there are too many lipids in a person’s blood, who was hospitalized on October 8, with fever, cough and breathing difficulty died early Friday morning. The other victim was a 60-year-old man with diabetes who got admitted on October 20 at CMCH with breathing difficulty. He died on Thursday morning due to bilateral bronchopneumonia and respiratory failure.
Hospital ICUs, which were all running full with all their oxygen support beds occupied, finally are enjoying some breathing space with some of their beds getting empty.