Coimbatore: The district recorded 189 fresh Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, taking the total number of cases to 45,685.
With 168 people discharged, the active cases stood at 1,038. The total number of people recovered climbed to 44,065, keeping the recovery rate at 96.4%. However, the district recorded five more deaths, taking the toll to 582.
Of the five victims, three were men and two women. The two deaths at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital included a 60-year-old man, who got admitted on October 30, tested positive on October 31 and died on Monday due to bilateral bronchopneumonia, and a 70-year-old diabetic woman, who got admitted on October 26 and died on Monday also due to pneumonia and respiratory distress. The other three deaths that occurred at ESI Hospital on Monday included a 90-year-old man, a 70-year-old man and a 67-year-old woman.