Udhagamandalam: The Nilgiris district has seen a surge of more than 50% in active cases of Covid-19 in the past 15 days. The number of daily new cases has almost doubled in the same period.
While the number of active cases was 104 on March 26 in the district, the same stood at 168 on Wednesday. The new Covid cases reported on March 26 were 16, while the district reported 30 cases on Wednesday.
The district administration has increased the number of daily tests by 20% to contain the spread of the virus. “Many of the new cases had travel history to neighbouring districts. There are no clusters identified in the district,” collector J Innocent Divya said.
“Vaccination drive is underway. Traders, shopkeepers and people above 45 are being vaccinated. There is a good response for the drive,” she said. tnn