COIMBATORE: The district recorded the lowest spike in Covid-19 cases in the past two and half months on Tuesday, when 209 people were declared positive for the virus. The tally now stands at 42,296.
The day also saw 373 patients getting discharged from treatment centres, bringing the number of active cases down to 3,590. A total of 38,166 patients have recovered from the virus infection in the district so far at a recovery rate of 90.2%.
The Covid-19 toll has, meanwhile, shot up to 540 with two more patients succumbing to the virus in the district in the past couple of days. Among the deceased was a 23-year-old girl, who suffered from posterior fossa arteriovenous malformations, a rare vascular lesion in the brainstem and cerebellum. She was admitted to the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital on October 16. She died of bilateral bronchopneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome and renal failure on Sunday.
The other deceased was a 69-year-old diabetic man, who tested positive for the virus on October 21. He had fever, cough and pneumonia that was caused by Covid-19. He died on Monday. tnn