Coimbatore: The district logged 213 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday, taking the count to 44,889, even as the active cases came down to 1,000 with 213 patients getting discharged from treatment centres.
At least 43,317 patients have recovered from the virus attack in the district so far at a recovery rate of 96.4%.
The Covid-19 toll rose to 572 on the day with a 67-year-old diabetic and hypertensive man, who was admitted to the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital on October 26, succumbing to the virus on Friday. The reasons cited for his death include respiratory failure and bilateral bronchopneumonia.
The ESI Hospital, the main Covid-19 treatment centre in the region, has warned people not to ignore fever in children, especially when that is accompanied by symptoms like reddish eyes, stomach pain or swelling in the hands or legs. “They are symptoms of multi inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), which can be life threatening. It usually occurs within two to four weeks of children recovering from Covid-19,” said a source with the hospital, which recently had a Coivd positive child with the syndrome.
On October 25, a 10-year-old girl from Tirupur was admitted to the hospital with fever, low blood pressure, mouth sores, swelling in her hands and feet, and enlargement of lymph nodes in her neck. A series of blood tests, including inflammatory markers and an ultrasound scan, revealed she was suffering from MIS-C.
The hospital began supportive treatment and also arranged for immunoglobulin, which costs Rs 1.25 lakh per dose. On October 27 morning, they administered immunoglobulins through her veins for 24 hours and her symptoms began reducing gradually. “She is recovering well. We are grateful to the doctors and hospital staff for saving our child life,” the girl’s mother told. The treatment was offered free of cost.