Coimbatore: The district recorded 141 fresh cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, taking the tally to 48,866. With 145 people getting discharged on the same day, the number of active cases stood at 935. The district also recorded no deaths on the day, keeping the toll at 613. The number of people discharged climbed slightly to 47,318, pointing to a recovery rate of 96.8%.
In another sign that the Covid-19 curve in the district is on the downward trend, compared to a time when at least 40% of the 9,300 beds allotted for infected people were occupied, bed occupancy has dropped to 10%. As of Monday, there are only 939 Covid-19 cases for the 9,362 beds available. In the government sector, only 287 out of the 3,888 beds are occupied. While ESI Hospital has 165 patients for the 440 beds in its Covid building, CMCH has only 100 patients in its 500-bed Covid ward. Pollachi and Madukkarai government hospitals have only 11 patients each.
In the private sector, 368 people were admitted across 23 hospitals. While many hospitals have less than 10 patients, super specialty hospitals, including main Covid treating centres like PSG Hospital, have only 109 in-patients from the district as of Tuesday. While Royal Care Hospital has 22 patients, both the KMCH centres have only 48 patients from the district. “While the numbers are a fraction of August and September figures, we are still getting patients from Tirupur and Dindigul among other districts,” said an official from PSG Hospitals.
This has led to the health department admitting patients only in two Covid care centres. “We have 256 patients in CODISSIA and 22 people in Karunya University’s Madhampalayam campus. We will phase out Karunya also slowly,” a health department official said. Six Covid care centres have been closed in the district. Privately-run Covid care centre - CSR nursing home - has six patients.