Recovery rate plunges to 88.8%

Cleared/Anil
Coimbatore: There is no let up in Covid-19 cases in the district, which recorded 1,008 fresh cases on Thursday. With this, the district’s Covid tally has zoomed past another milestone of 77,000-mark to 77,280. While 1,019 patients were discharged, that didn’t make much difference to the number of active cases, which stood at 6,922 on the day.
The Covid-19 toll increased by one to 720, as a 38-year-old man, who was admitted to a private hospital on April 14 and tested positive for the virus on April 23, died of pneumonia on Wednesday. He didn’t have any comorbidities.
The recovery rate has, meanwhile, plunged to an all-time low of 88.8%. It is to be noted that 68,638 of the 77,280 Covid infected have recovered in the district so far.
The positivity rate was, meanwhile, maintained at 10%, with the district testing more than 10,000 samples for the presence of virus.
Officials said the caseload from the city limits had increased to 62.35% on Thursday. However, at 6.86%, Thudiyalur saw a dip in the caseload. In a press statement, the city corporation said 830 of the new cases were reported from its limits, with east zone alone accounting for 203 cases. The number of containment zones in the district has also increased to 159.
Private Covid care centres are comping up in the district to ensure beds for the people testing positive for the virus. There are seven such centres with a combined bed strength of 251. Among the private Covid care centres are hotel Aloft (run by Atlas Pain Care), Hotel ESS Grande (run by SPT Hospital) and hotel Annamalai (run by Sowmiya Hospital).
While 1,515 beds were available for Covid patients in hospitals in the district as on Thursday, only 604 of them had oxygen facilities.
The day also saw the number of people getting vaccinated dip to 1,645. This is despite the district having 5,090 doses of vaccine.
Anticipating the growing rush for the jab from the people aged between 18 years and 45 years from May 1, the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital authorities have established a vaccination centre at the Government Arts College to prevent the hospital from getting overcrowded. However, with vaccines yet to arrive and CoWin app not showing prior registrations, officials have confined the preparations to creating an entrance and rooms for people to wait, get vaccinated and keep them in observation.